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Technologie informacyjno-komunikacyjne w ochronie zdrowia – problematyka naruszania prywatności
Information and Communication Technologies in Health Care – Infringement of Privacy Issues

Author(s): Ewa M. Kwiatkowska, Małgorzata Skórzewska-Amberg
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Law on Economics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Internet of Things; privacy protection; personal data protection; Medical Information System; Electronic Health Records

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns issues of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the health care sector. The legal concepts used in the discussed field are presented. Threats related to the protection of sensitive data, including information on patients’ health, are highlighted. The state of the computerization of health care in Poland has been analyzed in the context of the forthcoming introduction of the obligation to create medical records in an electronic form.

  • Issue Year: 6/2017
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 27-38
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish