patients’ accessibility to healthcare data

Data Integrity, Legal and Ethical ImplicationsPrivacy of an individual data remains important in nursing. Having in mind that most of the healthcare information pertain patient’s personal life, incongruous exposure of these data may lead to devastating outcomes. In most cases, patients believe that their presented personal information would not be exposed. However, when patients feel insecure about their data, they may fail to give their actual information, and this may complicate the management. With the introduction of electronic patient data, there have been hurdles in the providers’ efforts of upholding confidentiality. Improved patients’ accessibility to healthcare data may raise efficiency as well as may increase the patient care. This is despite the fact that its main challenges of sustainability of…….