Cambridge Bioethics and Law: Series Number 32: Electronic Health Records and Medical Big Data: Law and Policy

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.