January 1998
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Sample Confidentiality Statements & Agreements for Computer-based Patient Record Systems
Confidentiality & Privacy
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age

SAMPLE CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENTS AND AGREEMENTS
FOR ORGANIZATIONS USING COMPUTER-BASED PATIENT RECORD SYSTEMS
The Computer-based Patient Record Institute is dedicated to protecting the privacy and security of information of both the patient and the care-giver. This 17-page document has sample confidentiality statements that will be useful guides for many kinds of organizations, not just medical.
http://www.cpri.org/docs/agreements.html

CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY
This is a portion of the guidelines for research ethics in the psychology department of a major Canadian university. It serves as a reminder to first check the policies of our institutions as a whole, to know, for example, how long information must be stored and whether third-parties might access it.
http://www.psych.ucalgary.ca/Research/ethics/apply/G.html

INTO THE FUTURE: ON THE PRESERVATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE
This is actually a film to be aired on January 13 on PBS. (The film is also reviewed in the January 1998 issue of Scientific American, page 110.) This program examines the impending crisis of the information age -- "Will the human record, as it is increasingly stored in fragile and complex digital forms, survive into the future?" For information on the program and broadcast times, go to the PBS page.
http://www.pbs.org/whatson/1998/01/descriptions/INFU.html

(From Beverly Goodwin)

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