Author/Editor		Cerkvenik, Gregor; Slavec, Smiljana; Rems, Miran
Title		Security of medical data needed for successful information system
Translated title		Varnost medicinskih podatkov potrebuje zanesljiv informacijski sistem
Type		članek
Source		Inform Med Slov Print ed
Vol. and No.		Letnik 3, št. 1-2-3
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. 53-7
Language		eng
Abstract		Data security has been incrasingly dealt with at various professional meetings and congress on medical informatics. In the field of data security the following points need to be emphasized: (1) Data security is an integral part of planning, creating and managing the health care information systems at all levels; both in public health institutions and in private practice. (2) In addition to strictly medical information, a broad spectrum of personal, business and other data bases, which in the modern information society are closely interlinked, also need special protection. (3) Current information systems make use of various media, including classical as well as computer-assisted ones. (4) All those concerned with the aquisition and protectionof medical data, i.e. both clerical, nursing and doctor staff, should be given adequate education, either through regular or periodical training courses, but first of all, they should be encouraged to apply the principles of data security to their everyday work. Finaly this paper presented tramework of data security in health care, as well as the management, processing and exchange of medical data with to introduce a new step of the computer technology, constructed by principle of the Electronic Document Management.
Descriptors		MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED COMPUTER SECURITY