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Using evidence to inform health policy: case study
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Although telephone consultations are widely used in the delivery of healthcare, they are vulnerable to breaches of patient confidentiality. Current guidelines on telephone consultations do not address adequately the issue of confidentiality. In this paper, we propose a solution to the problem: a password system to control access to patient information. Authorised persons will be offered the option of selecting a password which they will use to validate their request for information over the telephone. This simple yet stringent method of access control should improve security while allowing the continuing evolution of telephone consultations.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Macintyre, S.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2001-01-27
- Volume
- 322
- Issue
- 7280
- Pages
- 222-225
- ISSN
- 0959-8138 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2062246653
- Cited by
- 217
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 59.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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