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Psychiatric electronic health records privacy in Jordan: A policy brief.

ABSTRACT: Psychiatric health records are highly sensitive data which requires special policy to maintain its privacy, without affecting data accessibility. The current authors reviewed social, ethical and legal underpinnings for psychiatric electronic health records (EHR), and suggests a policy to maintain privacy and confidentiality of the psychiatric data, without affecting data accessibility. The purpose of this policy brief is to discuss and provide alternatives regarding psychiatric electronic health records privacy and information access. The current policy applied in Jordan still immature to ensure high levels of reliability, as the psychiatric data is openly accessed to the non-specialized personnel. Sensitive personal data policy is recommended in this paper with developing overriding mechanisms to counteract obstacles to data accessibility.

SUBMITTER: Karajeh AR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031133 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Psychiatric electronic health records privacy in Jordan: A policy brief.

Karajeh Ahmed R AR Mrayyan Majd T MT

International journal of nursing sciences 20191210 1

Psychiatric health records are highly sensitive data which requires special policy to maintain its privacy, without affecting data accessibility. The current authors reviewed social, ethical and legal underpinnings for psychiatric electronic health records (EHR), and suggests a policy to maintain privacy and confidentiality of the psychiatric data, without affecting data accessibility. The purpose of this policy brief is to discuss and provide alternatives regarding psychiatric electronic health ...[more]

PMID: 32099868

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Psychiatric electronic health records privacy in Jordan: A policy brief.

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Psychiatric electronic health records privacy in Jordan: A policy brief.

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