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8 pages in length. Technology is a wondrous entity that has opened doors humanity never realized was possible. The extent to which the technological revolution has proven tremendously beneficial to man and his quest to advance his species is both grand and far-reaching; that some aspects of this otherwise advantageous component of man's progress have proven to test the limits of ethics and legalities speaks to such concerns as the level of privacy and confidentiality inherent to e-health. The most significant dilemma impacting e-health right now is the transmission of confidential documents and the level of privacy it does not provide. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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quest to advance his species is both grand and far-reaching; that some aspects of this otherwise advantageous component of mans progress have proven to test the limits of ethics and
legalities speaks to such concerns as the level of privacy and confidentiality inherent to e-health. The most significant dilemma impacting e-health right now is the transmission of confidential documents
and the level of privacy it does not provide. "Through this emerging infrastructure, billions of pieces of health data of varying sensitivities are exchanged annually to provide health care
services and service transactions, conduct health research, and promote the publics health. These multi-purpose, rapid exchanges of electronic health data, far removed from the typical disclosure of health information
through the doctor/patient relationship of yesteryear, contribute to heightened individual concerns about identifiable health data" (Hodge et al, 2004, p. 670). II. AT ISSUE
A glaring example in the battle between legislation and technology is the accessibility of information from those diagnosed with AIDS. The Privacy Act of 1974 was put
into place as a means by which to address issues of record keeping and other private matters by stating that "no agency shall disclose any record which is contained in
a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of,
the individual to whom the record pertains..." (FOIA Group, 2007). However, one of the exclusionary clauses states that private information may be obtained if "pursuant to a showing of
compelling circumstances affecting the health or safety of an individual if upon such disclosure notification is transmitted to the last known address of such individual" (FOIA Group, 2007), which is
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