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Healthcare Privacy
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Abstract:
Privacy challenges in multiple areas of healthcare are discussed. These include casual social interactions in the health care setting, interactions with automated information services, and personal and linked monitoring services. Population demographics and changes in chronic need are presented along with some discussion of impact of information.
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Biography
Brent Lowensohn is the Director of Research for IT at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, the largest HMO in the country with 11,000 physicians and 120,000+ employees serving more than 8 million members from a $20 billion annual budget. As a Not-for-Profit Organization, Kaiser focuses on member needs and the social obligation to provide benefit for the communities in which it operates, rather than the needs of the shareholders. Brent’s Ph.D. in Social Psychology was awarded by Syracuse University in 1976. His research, which opened up a new area in Environmental Psychology, won his induction into Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Brent leads his department in the identification, creation, evaluation, and implementation of innovative, high technology applications for healthcare management and operations. As a result, the department has been on the forefront of many technology-based issues such as electronic clinical information systems, biometrics, intelligent spaces and automated authentication systems. His current activities are focused on social and technological support for home based health monitoring and chronic disease management. Brent is a founding member of the Gartner Group Advanced Technologies Best Practices Group; is a member of three MIT consortia (Things that Think, Center for Bits and Atoms, and Changing Places); is a member of the Biometrics Working Group of the Biometrics Consortium; and is a member of Cross Industry Working Team of the Center for National Research Initiatives. Brent currently is serving on a committee for the National Academies Computer Science and telecommunications Board investigating "Privacy in the information age." Brent’s background in the social sciences, healthcare, and technology provide a unique perspective on contemporary issues.
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