On Thursday 19 February 2004 21:57, Mark Painter wrote: > How we translate that to code will be interesting! I guess it will be > similar to table and column level user rights in a database. It also could > be very cumbersome in allocating outside agency rights thro' the GUI.
Perhaps, a rule engine might work. This is interesting. > Emergency access will be a special type of user, certain types of data - eg > haemophilia, diabetes, etc, default to allow for emergency access. Some > other 'data-types' such as STDs or HIV results etc, might default to > override the other default access. Still the problem remains: how can the system know that the "emergency" status of the access request is legitimate "emergency" case. Maybe there are already running solutions somewhere. Or maybe the system just "believes" it is really an emergency and logs the event and releases the data. Regards, elpidio ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers

