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What provisions should be included in a model privacy and security policy that patients might use in making decisions related to their privacy and the security of their PHRs?
The provisions that should be included in a model privacy and security policy that patients might use in making decisions related to their privacy and the security of their Public Health Record are -
i. Provision of mandating the consumer whether to provide consent for collection, use, disclosure, maintenance and feeding data in their public health record.
ii. Provision of implementing safe harbour regime with independent approval and oversight to ensure best practice.
iii. Provision of seperate policies in order to control and resolve disputes related to public health record related data.
iv. The one responsible for providing PHR must acquire necessary authentication policy like identity tokens, ID cards, proper monitoring and auditing.
v. Provision of providing the recipent the to decide if they would like to open a PHR account and there should be no compulsion of disclosing their info in PHR.
vi. Provision of mandatory clarification by the provider to the consumers about the third party involvements and their roles.