CAN ON-LINE HEALTH CARE DAMAGE YOUR PRIVACY? CHICAGO SPORTS FINAL Edition

This month, Intel (already a heavy investor in "e-health" Web sites) and the American Medical Association unveiled a digital- credential system that would allow doctors to verify their patients' identities and allow secured health transactions in cyberspace. Intel claims its new digit...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author Colin Bennett Colin Bennett is a professor of political science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia He is a fellow at the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project of the Kennedy School of Government He is a co
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 27.12.1999
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Cybersecurity
Digital signatures
Internet
Medical records
Physicians
Privacy
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Summary:This month, Intel (already a heavy investor in "e-health" Web sites) and the American Medical Association unveiled a digital- credential system that would allow doctors to verify their patients' identities and allow secured health transactions in cyberspace. Intel claims its new digital-credential system is more secure and reliable than has so far existed. Physicians who participate send their information to the AMA, which checks it against its "physician masterfile." If the doctor's identity is confirmed, the physician is given a digital credential that can be attached to any on-line message or transaction.
ISSN:1085-6706