Encryption is the ‘scrambling’ or camouflaging of information—such as progress notes or names and diagnoses—by changing it into a form that cannot be understood by others. In other words, encryption translates meaningful information into a hidden form or code. Only people who have a key—usually a string of alphanumeric symbols that permit the coded information to be translated back into meaningful form—can read the document (Taube 2013).
Choosing Encryption Software
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