Conclusion

Technology has been accused of embodying the threat to privacy.   The truth is, technology provides an affordance that can simultaneously improve and damage the status of privacy.   If exploitation and profit are the true motive, technology can be extremely efficient in the exploitation of data based resources.   However, with the appropriate set of operational goals and a uniform set of standards and protocols, technology can afford greater protection for health information.   Technologies allow discrete data sets, de-identified data, and encryption as tools to help protect information.   When authorized through policy and supported through sanction, communication, and training, this resource provides us a solution for privacy.

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