Towards Implementing a Privacy Policy: An Observation on Existing Practices in Hospital Information System
In order to safeguard the confidentiality and sensitivity of personal health information belongs to individual, a privacy law is needed to be in place. There are numerous cases of unauthorised intrusions of personal health information occurred but no legal action can be exerted due to the absence...
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| Language: | English |
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IBIMA Publishing library
2011
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/347/1/PrivacyinHealth.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/347/ http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/JEHM/jehm.html |
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| Summary: | In order to safeguard the confidentiality and sensitivity of personal health information belongs
to individual, a privacy law is needed to be in place. There are numerous cases of unauthorised
intrusions of personal health information occurred but no legal action can be exerted due to the
absence of a privacy act in Malaysia. Therefore, a preliminary observation has been conducted
to review the current privacy implementations in management of personal health information
at Malaysian government hospitals. Analysis was conducted based on OECD Fair Information
Practices Guideline which has been the benchmark of most of the privacy and data protection
legislation in the world. Interviews were conducted with key personnel in medical informatics
and legal expertise using Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) technique as guidance. The findings
of the observation were then compared with the existing health information privacy acts. Then,
recommendations were made to include those findings in the proposed privacy law or policy in
Malaysia. |
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