Data Data Everywhere: Access and Accountability? (Queen's Policy Studies Series) (Volume 151) - Softcover

Flood, Colleen M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1553392361 ISBN 13: 9781553392361

Publisher: Carleton University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Hospitals, doctors' offices, and pharmacies are sitting on some very valuable information, your medical information. As health-care providers enter the digital world and computerize their patients' records in an effort to improve the efficiency and quality of care, they are also building a valuable health research tool. The files in their databases may contain the answers to many medical questions we currently face, but they also contain private information that could potentially be misused. Data Data Everywhere highlights the challenges that lie ahead and proposes a uniquely Canadian framework for striking a balance between the benefits of allowing researchers to access medical information and the privacy concerns of individuals. In addition to contributing toward a sustainable model for secondary use of data in health research, the book contributes significantly to research in this field and serves as an essential comparative reference for similar jurisdictions.

Colleen M. Flood is scientific director, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

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About the Author

Colleen M. Flood is a Canada Research Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. From 2006-2011 she served as the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institute for Health Services and Policy Research."

Edition details

• Publisher: Carleton University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1553392361
• ISBN 13: 9781553392361
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280