Electronic Health Records and Medical Big Data
Law and Policy

This book provides interdisciplinary analysis of electronic health record systems and medical big data, offering a wealth of technical, legal, and policy insights.

Sharona Hoffman (Author)

9781107166547, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 December 2016

222 pages, 2 b/w illus.
24 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.5 kg

'In this compelling work, Sharona Hoffman offers a thoroughly researched and thoughtfully argued review of patient safety, privacy, and health information security. Electronic Health Records and Medical Big Data: Law and Policy should be required reading for entrepreneurs, health information technology developers, investors, health lawyers, and public officials.' Jacob M Reider, MD, FAAFP, Alliance For Better Health Care

This book helps readers gain an in-depth understanding of electronic health record (EHR) systems, medical big data, and the regulations that govern them. It analyzes both the shortcomings and benefits of EHR systems, exploring the law's response to the creation of these systems, highlighting gaps in the current legal framework, and developing detailed recommendations for regulatory, policy, and technological improvements. Electronic Health Records and Medical Big Data addresses not only privacy and security concerns but also other important challenges, such as those related to data quality and data analysis. In addition, the author formulates a large body of recommendations to improve the technology's safety, security, and efficacy for both clinical and secondary (such as research) uses of medical data.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: 1. EHRs: attributes, benefits, and shortcomings
2. EHR system regulation: meaningful use and certification standard
3. EHR data security
4. EHR systems and litigation
Part II: 5. Medical big data and its benefits
6. Medical big data research: privacy and autonomy concerns
7. Medical big data quality and analysis concerns
8. The special case of open data
Conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: Medical & healthcare law [LNTM]