Computer Technology Applications and the Data Protection Concept

Abstract

Personnel record protection serves the purpose of ensuring that the affected individuals’ and families fundamental values are promoted, including dignity and worth, respect, individuality, and personal autonomy. Also, personnel record protection has its purpose lie in the avoidance of harm. Hence, personnel records ought to be protected because if they are disclosed to family members, insurers, or employees, they could lead to discrimination, embarrassment, and stigma. For healthcare organizations, an assurance of personnel record protection is important because it prompts personnel to provide complete and candid disclosures of sensitive data to their physicians willingly. Also, personnel record protection is important to healthcare organizations because it promotes more effective communication between personnel and physicians. The objective of this study is to examine computer technology applications, especially concerning their contemporary role in prompting the concept of data protection.