They may also miss out on certain programs because of deadlines. By making data retrieval convenient, staffers and clients can work together to achieve a positive and favorable outcome.
The last benefit for digitizing data and making an app for it is increased communication. Staffers and the director can communicate with each other should a problem arise. Clients can, depending on the style of app, receive information more quickly than through traditional methods like phone calls and paper fax. It is reminiscent of being able to access test results online at certain health clinics. Although the community clinic may not offer something like that, they can offer the option of making an appointment online or even chatting with a potential client since some people may be afraid to talk over the phone. Communication improves greatly when there are several options available.
Regarding legal ramifications, or legal considerations, privacy and data security are top priority. Some of the information in the community clinic may be related to health data. Health data must be maintained confidential and only released to specific groups or individuals with explicit consent from the person the data concerns. Therefore, to maintain security and confidentiality, it is important to consider anonymization of data.
This was discussed briefly before via encrypting data. By anonymizing data via encryption, the data becomes safer to access from other devices like smartphones. "It is, not possible for those who do not have the decoding key to identify a data subject by sing the encrypted information, and the decrypted data thus remain privately available only for those who do have the decoding key." (Hoeren 62) In fact, national data privacy regulations favor an anonymization option because it decreases the risk of any sensitive information leaking. " . . . some national laws provide an opportunity to anonymize by changing data in a way that guarantees that information can be reassigned to a person only with disproportionately large amount of effort, cost, and time." (Hoeren 63) The laws in the United States that deal specifically with personal identifiable information or sensitive data are the Privacy Act of 1974, the Privacy Act of 2005, and the proposed Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2005.
By taking into consideration the need to anonymize sensitive data, the digitizing of data from the community clinic can be successfully performed. This will reduce chances of unnecessary exposure of sensitive data. It will also comply with the need for privacy according to United States Law. Lastly, it will allow for more security measures to be taken to ensure personal data protection.
The scenario said the community clinic had three sites all within the same city. Of these three cites, one is a shelter. However, the scenario failed to include what the other two sites are. Are they healthcare centers? Are they places where people can get referrals? Are the staffers social workers? The scenario failed to detail what kind of jobs the staffers have.
The staffers can be health professionals or they could be volunteers. If some of the staffers are volunteers and they…
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