Data privacy, medical record confidentiality, and research in the interest of public health

✍ Scribed by Elizabeth B. Andrews

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 133 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1053-8569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1557(199907)8:4<247::aid-pds432>3.0.co;2-o

✦ Synopsis

PREAMBLE I. PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY A. De®nitions B. Rationale II. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY TO THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH A. Appropriate use of drugs B. Birth defects C. Reye's syndrome D. Vaginal cancer in young women E. Endometrial cancer F. Heart disease III. METHODS AND THEIR RELATED DATA PRIVACY ISSUES A. Record-linkage B. Case-control studies C. Prospective surveillance (cohort) studies IV. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS A. Professional codes B. Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) C. Dierent types of consent D. Technological safeguards E. Secondary use of data F. Databases that do not contain potentially identi®able records G. Cross-national transfer of data H.