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Unique Identifier Quandary Exemplifies Health Net Obstacles
July/August 2009 (vol. 13 no. 4)
pp. 6-10
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| Greg Goth, "Unique Identifier Quandary Exemplifies Health Net Obstacles," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 6-10, July/August, 2009. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MIC.2009.92, author = {Greg Goth}, title = {Unique Identifier Quandary Exemplifies Health Net Obstacles}, journal ={IEEE Internet Computing}, volume = {13}, number = {4}, issn = {1089-7801}, year = {2009}, pages = {6-10}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2009.92}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Internet Computing TI - Unique Identifier Quandary Exemplifies Health Net Obstacles IS - 4 SN - 1089-7801 SP6 EP10 EPD - 6-10 A1 - Greg Goth, PY - 2009 KW - electronic health records KW - government stimulus KW - electronic health care KW - unique identifiers KW - news VL - 13 JA - IEEE Internet Computing ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2009.92
To qualify for incentive payments under the recent US stimulus package, healthcare providers must have electronic health record systems that can communicate with other providers' systems as well as federal health funding agencies. Some are uneasy about privacy concerns, however, and establishing a unique identifier for all patients presents several significant issues.
Index Terms:
electronic health records, government stimulus, electronic health care, unique identifiers, news
Citation:
Greg Goth, "Unique Identifier Quandary Exemplifies Health Net Obstacles," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 6-10, July-Aug. 2009, doi:10.1109/MIC.2009.92
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