Doctors and data stewardsship: a murky proposition.

The article offers information related to the data stewardship and role of the physicians in Canada. It mentions that data stewardship refers to the collection, management and security of health information by a health professional. It informs that physician can get assistance over the issue of data stewardship from Canadian Medical Association guidelines for protecting the privacy of individual patient records in an electronic environment and ensuring physicians use of e-health tools.