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[T]he tremendous growth of computerized health data, the development of huge data banks and the advancements in record linkage, pose an enormous threat to the privacy of medical information. The public is generally unaware of this threat or of the serious consequences of a loss of confidentiality in the health care system. Adequate measures to control medical privacy, in light of the electronic information processing, can and must be established….
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Cushman, R. (1997). Exceptionalism Redux: How Different Is Health Care Informatics?. In: Anderson, R. (eds) Personal Medical Information. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59023-8_3
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