Care Minitclinic's Overall Profitability Would Case Study

(New York Times) MinitClinic understands the need and the importance of having a designated Primary Care Physician. Patients are educated on the benefits associated with a personal PCP and are encouraged to find one they are comfortable with. Information is given to each patient regarding area PCP's that are willing to accept new patients. Minitclinic is capable of transferring all records, prescriptions (if needed) and diagnostic tests to the designated PCP of their choice.

3. There are several issues that could possibly arise from the electronic transfer of patients records from clinic to Physician, such as its related law declaration, and the security of the patient's confidential information. The Journal of Medical systems reported "the usage of electronic anamneses involves in some concerned issues such as its related law declaration, and the security of the patient's confidential information. Because of these concerns, a secure medical networking scheme is taking into consideration. Nowadays, the administrators at the medical institutions are facing more challenges on monitoring computers and network systems, because of dramatic advances in this field. For instance, a trusted third party is authorized to access some medical records for a certain period of time. In regard to the security purpose, all the electronic medical records are embedded with both of the public-key infrastructure (PKI) cryptography and the digital signature technique so as to ensure the records well-protected. Since the signatures will be invalid due to the revocation or time expiration, the security of records under this premise would turn into vulnerable. Hence, we propose a re-signing scheme, whose purpose is to make a going-expired digital signature been resigned in time, in keeping with the premise of not conflicting with the laws, morals, and privacy while maintaining the security of the electronic medical records." (Journal of Medical Systems 2011). Another issue arises with the comfort/discomfort level some patients may experience due to not trusting the system.

Citations

Busk, P.(2011) International Journal of Integrated Care[2011, 11(Suppl)] Retrieved from website: PUBMED http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/PMC/PMC3184799

Journal of Medical Systems[2011, 35(4):735-42] Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't. Retrieved from website: http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/20703516

New York Times. (30 April 2012).Health Guide. Choosing a Primary Care Provider