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- Title
Ownership of Medical Information.
- Authors
Hall, Mark A.; Schulman, Kevin A.
- Abstract
The author discusses the ownership of medical information and medical records. The legal uncertainty about whether medical information is owned by those who give, receive or pays for medical care in an age of electronic health informatics presents a major obstacle to integrating and using patient information from various medical sources. The protections afforded copyright laws do not generally apply to personal medical information. The author questions whether patients should be allowed to commercialize access to their medical information.
- Subjects
MEDICAL informatics -- Law &; legislation; MEDICAL record access control; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; MEDICAL personnel; ELECTRONIC health records; LEGAL status of patients; PROPERTY rights
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009, Vol 301, Issue 12, p1282
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2009.389