e-HEALTH PRIVACY: QUEST FOR SAFEGUARDING PATIENT’S DATA IN TANZANIA
This paper sought to establish the awareness of the importance of patient privacy and safeguarding personal data in the realm of electronically generated health records. It aims at ensuring that health data is kept private and only accessible to authorized individuals who can view or modify sensitive health information and to explore the legislative framework that governs the management and safeguarding of patient information. The paper established that even though some legislative frameworks and policies regulate the relationship between patients and medical practitioners. No policy or Legislation in place that regulates electronically generated healthy data. It is revealed that there exist problems of inadequate storage of patient records, which leads to the possibility of access to patient records, which may lead to the violation of patient privacy and confidentiality. It presents strategies for mitigating risks from e-health technologies and reviews accountability mechanisms in Tanzania.
KEYWORDS: e-Health, Patient’s data, Privacy, Electronic Health Records (HER), Data protection
