The regulation of privacy and data protection in the use of electronic health information

By Roberto J. Rodrigues, Petra Wilson, Stephen J. Schanz, Essential Drugs and Technology Program (Pan American Health Organization), Pan American Sanitary Bureau, World Health Organization

This book looks at the fundamental concepts related to the technical and legal aspects of data protection and summarize the scope and degree of implementation of pertinent regulation in fifty-one countries. Even though the emphasis of the book is on data protection and privacy issues as they relate to person identifiable electronic databases, data privacy regulation and legislation being implemented in many countries will likely apply to all data, regardless whether they are collected offline or online. more »