Open AccessDigitization of disability certification using technology to curtail infringement of dignity
Author(s) -
NishatA Sheikh,
Akhila Vasudeva,
Samantak Sahu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_961_21
Subject(s) - medicine , digitization , dignity , certification , internet privacy , law , telecommunications , computer science , political science
Privacy and dignity are the rights of every human being. The disability certificate issued has the medical diagnosis mentioned explicitly as well as the patients' photograph. A person with disability needs to produce a certificate to avail the benefits, which the law of the land accords. This article discusses the dignity and privacy issues, which may be felt while producing such a certificate before competent authorities and proposes a blinded disability certificate. Besides, the proposed certificate uses advanced technologies to link a functioning profile to a cloud-based central database.