Ethics in Public Health Research: Privacy and Public Health at Risk: Public Health Confidentiality in the Digital Age

AUTOR(ES)

Myers, Julie

FONTE

American Public Health Association

RESUMO

Public health agencies increasingly use electronic means to acquire, use, maintain, and store personal health information. Electronic data formats can improve performance of core public health functions, but potentially threaten privacy because they can be easily duplicated and transmitted to unauthorized people.

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