Prerequisites for International Exchanges of Health Information for Record Research: Comparison of Australian, Austrian, Finnish, Swiss, and US Policies

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017:245:1312.

Abstract

The policies that address health information exchanges for research purposes in Australia, Austria, Finland, Switzerland, and the USA apply accountability and/or adequacy to protect privacy. Specific requirements complicate the exchanges: inform data subjects of data use purposes; assure that the subjects are no longer identifiable; destroy the data in the end; and not to use cloud computing without specific permission.

Keywords: Electronic Health Records; Health Policy; Privacy.

MeSH terms

  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Confidentiality*
  • Finland
  • Health Information Systems*
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination
  • Privacy*
  • Switzerland