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Computer Security
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Definition of 'Computer Security'Protective measures against unauthorized access to or interference with computer operating systems, telecommunications, or data structures, especially the modification, deletion, destruction, or release of data in computers. It includes methods of forestalling interference by computer viruses or so-called computer hackers aiming to compromise stored data. Common names: Computer Security; Security, Computer; Computer Hackers; Computer Hacker; Hacker, Computer; Hackers, Computer; Information Protection; Protection, Information; Computer Worms; Computer Worm; Worm, Computer; Worms, Computer; Data Protection; Protection, Data; Data Security; Security, Data |
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30 Aug 2009 
The Obama administration is seeking to increase access to and improve the efficiency of the health care system in the United States. One aspect of those efforts is a push towards the utilization of electronic health records (EHRs) by health care ... Read more...
10 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Case registers have been used extensively in mental health research. Recent developments in electronic medical records, and in computer software to search and analyse these in anonymised format, have the potential to revolutionise this ... Read more...
Patients' attitudes toward electronic health information exchange: qualitative study.
4 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: In many countries, there has been substantial progress in establishing the electronic transmission of patients' health information between health care providers, but little is known about how best to engage patients in the process. ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Computer Security'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- CMS's 2009 security assessment process.
30 Aug 2009 - [The digital miss in health care] 30 Aug 2009
- Taking a quality assurance program from paper to electronic health records: one dental school's experience. 30 Aug 2009
- Making electronic health records meaningful. 16 Aug 2009
- The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Biomedical Research Centre (SLAM BRC) case register: development and descriptive data. 10 Aug 2009
- Patients' attitudes toward electronic health information exchange: qualitative study. 4 Aug 2009
- A hybrid heuristic algorithm to improve known-plaintext attack on Fourier plane encryption. Aug 2009
- Fast double-phase retrieval in Fresnel domain using modified Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm for lensless optical security systems. Aug 2009
- Optical image encryption based on interference of polarized light. Aug 2009
- Continuous high speed coherent one-way quantum key distribution. Aug 2009
- Embedding and retrieving private metadata in electrocardiograms. 30 Jul 2009
- Privacy preservation and information security protection for patients' portable electronic health records. 6 Jul 2009
- Privacy and health in the information age: a content analysis of health web site privacy policy statements. 29 Jun 2009
- Responding to patient e-mails. 29 Jun 2009
- Using teledentistry to improve access to dental care for the underserved. 29 Jun 2009
- Neurosecurity: security and privacy for neural devices. 29 Jun 2009
- Ethical collection, storage, and use of public health data: a proposal for a national privacy protection. 29 Jun 2009
- Commentary: Informatics in biomedicine and health care. 29 Jun 2009
- Building a scientific data grid with DiGS. 26 Jun 2009
- The GENIUS Grid Portal and robot certificates: a new tool for e-Science.
14 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Computer Security'
Definition: Protective measures against unauthorized access to or interference with computer operating systems, telecommunications, or data structures, especially the modification, deletion, destruction, or release of data in computers. It includes methods of forestalling interference by computer viruses or so-called computer hackers aiming to compromise stored data.
Descriptor UI: D016494
Alternative terms: Computer Security; Security, Computer; Computer Hackers; Computer Hacker; Hacker, Computer; Hackers, Computer; Information Protection; Protection, Information; Computer Worms; Computer Worm; Worm, Computer; Worms, Computer; Data Protection; Protection, Data; Data Security; Security, Data; Compromising of Data; Data Compromising; Computer Viruses; Computer Virus; Virus, Computer; Viruses, Computer;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: L01.209; N04.452.910.200;
History Note: 92
Technical Notes: against unauthorized access to computers & databases: read MeSH definition & note X refs; do not use for confidentiality of records ( = CONFIDENTIALITY + RECORDS AS TOPIC or specific records term)