Bioterrorism Surveillance and Privacy
Intersection of Hipaa, the Common Rule, and Public Health Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11023244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James D Nordin (0000-0002-3359-5843, At the time of the study, all authors were with HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.), Sophie Kasimow (At the time of the study, all authors were with HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.), Mary Jeanne Levitt (At the time of the study, all authors were with HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.), Michael J Goodman (At the time of the study, all authors were with HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 802-807 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2007.113332 |
| PMID | 18382006 |
| PMCID | PMC2374817 |
| OpenAlex | W1972801161 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The threat of bioterrorism in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks cannot be ignored. Syndromic surveillance, the practice of electronically monitoring and reporting real-time medical data to proactively identify unusual disease patterns, highlights the conflict between safeguarding public health while protecting individual privacy. Both the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Common Rule (which promulgates protections for individuals in federally sponsored medical research programs) safeguard individuals. Public health law protects the entire populace; uneven state-level implementation lacks adequate privacy protections. We propose 3 models for a nationwide bioterrorism surveillance review process: a nationally coordinated systems approach to using protected health information, creating public health information privacy boards, expanding institutional review boards, or some combination of these
Business · Computer security · Confidentiality · Environmental health · Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act · Information privacy · Internet privacy · Public health · Public health surveillance · Safeguarding · Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research · Computer Science · Ethics in Clinical Research · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health Policies and Education
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |