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Dr. Liederman: Access of paper charts can't be monitored. With electronic health records, any access to a patient's data is recorded. The audit trail deters violations and holds violators accountable.Consistent proactive surveillance of electronic health record activity, along with investigation of issues that are discovered, powerfully deters violations of patient privacy.r. Liederman: Privacy protections must not increase risk of harm to patients. Proactive forensic audit data mining and judicious use of alerts can be highly effective at reducing the risk of privacy violations without getting in the way of the delivery of medical care.
The terms electronic health records, personal health records, and patient portals are not always used correctly. The generally agreed upon definition of these terms relates mainly to the ownership of the data. Once data is in a PHR it usually owned and controlled by the patient.