Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2006
Abstract
The issue of privacy stirred a tumultuous uproar when the ABC County Health Department (ABCCHD) was planning for an e-Healthcare system that utilized information technology to streamline the administration process of patients. ABCCHD had hired a software vendor, Info-Health, a company that specialized in information system development for the healthcare industry to help in the project. The privacy of patients with Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Human Immunity System was a thorny issue in the implementation of the e-Healthcare system. A trade-off between privacy and cost was discussed and debated. Three alternatives, with varying degrees of privacy and cost, were considered.
Keywords
Information privacy, e-healthcare, Trade-off evaluation
Discipline
Databases and Information Systems | Information Security
Research Areas
Data Science and Engineering; Information Systems and Management
Publication
Journal of Information Technology
Volume
21
Issue
1
First Page
66
Last Page
71
ISSN
0268-3962
Identifier
10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000054
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Citation
SIAU, Keng and KAM, Hwee-Joo.
e-Healthcare in ABC County Health Department (ABCCHD): Trade-offs analysis and evaluation. (2006). Journal of Information Technology. 21, (1), 66-71.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9654
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000054