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December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of adolescents' privacy preferences in a health care setting found that adolescents value psychological, social, physical and informational privacy, and recommended that providers consider all aspects of privacy when caring for adolescents.
November 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Despite the importance of access to risk-appropriate reproductive care, there is limited information on the perspectives of mothers and daughters about facilitators and barriers to receiving this care. Researchers conducted five focus groups with a ...
March 21, 2012 | Journal Article
Online professionalism will be important to address and discipline as the role of the Internet increases in society. This research letter examines the oversight by licensing authorities for physician uses of the Internet and disciplinary consequences for violations.
March 21, 2012 | Journal Article
Online professionalism will be important to address and discipline as the role of the Internet increases in society. This research letter examines the oversight by licensing authorities for physician uses of the Internet and disciplinary consequences for violations.
December 20, 2011 | Journal Article
A large-scale study of veterans suggests that most PHR users are interested in sharing access to their electronic health records.
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) stores almost 4 million dried blood spot specimens (DBS) in the Michigan Neonatal Biobank. DBS are collected from newborns under a mandatory public health program to screen for serious conditions.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines issues of privacy and utility in health services research. While the availability and complexity of data have increased in recent years, privacy concerns have limited researchers’ ability to fully utilize these sources of information.
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors discuss the positive outcomes from a year-long experimental study, OpenNotes, where patients could access their doctor’s notes.
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
This editorial discusses OpenNotes, an experiment where patients were allowed to access their primary care providers’ electronic notes via patient portals.
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
This article could help drive a culture of more transparency between patients and providers, enabling two-way communication that levels the proverbial playing field.