Encryption and the loss of patient data.
Fast-paced IT advances have made it increasingly possible and useful for firms to collect data on their customers on an unprecedented scale. One downside of this is that firms can experience negative publicity and financial damage if their data are breached. This is particularly the case in the medi...
| Published in: | Journal of Policy Analysis & Management Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 534 - 562 |
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