Cancer Surveillance and Information: Balancing Public Health with Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns (United States)

摘要: Rapid advances in informatics and communication technologies are greatly expanding the capacity for information capture transportation. While these tools can be used great good, they also offer new opportunities those who seek to obtain use improper purposes. issues related identity theft financial gain garner most attention, protection of privacy public health endeavors such as cancer surveillance is a significant concern. Some efforts protect health-related have had unintended consequences detrimental research practice. Achieving proper balance between measures ability guard improve requires careful consideration development appropriate policies, regulations technology.