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Inherent Vice and Its Relation to Personal Health Information Management

Inherent Vice and Its Relation to Personal Health Information Management

Managing privacy, security, and safety as your health information technologies decline

In the field of archival science, the term 'inherent vice' refers to the internal qualities or elements of certain objects that make them naturally prone to deterioration, regardless of the quality of care they receive (Menne-Haritz, 1993). When applying this concept to personal health information management (PHIM), it becomes a metaphor for the challenges that are inherently present in managing health...