Confidentiality of MedicalInformation.
The subject of this paper is theconfidentiality of medical recordinformation. This is a concern for manypersons, including myself, when visiting ahealth professional. My goal is to talk aboutsome of the issues involved in protectingmedical information, particularly in theelectronic age. I also intend to inform youof recent state (Virginia) and federal effortsto regulate the transmission of medicalinformation. Finally, I plan to share a fewanecdotes and observations regardingcurrent legislative efforts to protect medicalinformation.I recently saw the 1997-1998 premiereof a television program. The program ERis one which many of you may have seen.For those of you who have not, it portraysthe lives of physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel in a Chicago publicteaching hospital emergency room.
The premiere episode was shot “live” to capture the effect of having cameras recording a documentary in an emergency department.The premiere episode of ER providedmany examples of how medical recordinformation can be released unintentionally,and with significant detrimental impact.Cameras captured images and names ofpatients, and revealed their infections withAIDS and other diseases. Health carepractitioners openly discussed a patient’spersonal history and medical informationon film. These statements of patientidentifying information, if released to thepublic at large, would be breaches ofconfidential information under common law and as codified by various state statutes andfederal regulations.
read more: http://www.mellettepc.com/pdf/fall99.pdf
The subject of this paper is theconfidentiality of medical recordinformation. This is a concern for manypersons, including myself, when visiting ahealth professional. My goal is to talk aboutsome of the issues involved in protectingmedical information, particularly in theelectronic age. I also intend to inform youof recent state (Virginia) and federal effortsto regulate the transmission of medicalinformation. Finally, I plan to share a fewanecdotes and observations regardingcurrent legislative efforts to protect medicalinformation.I recently saw the 1997-1998 premiereof a television program. The program ERis one which many of you may have seen.For those of you who have not, it portraysthe lives of physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel in a Chicago publicteaching hospital emergency room.
The premiere episode was shot “live” to capture the effect of having cameras recording a documentary in an emergency department.The premiere episode of ER providedmany examples of how medical recordinformation can be released unintentionally,and with significant detrimental impact.Cameras captured images and names ofpatients, and revealed their infections withAIDS and other diseases. Health carepractitioners openly discussed a patient’spersonal history and medical informationon film. These statements of patientidentifying information, if released to thepublic at large, would be breaches ofconfidential information under common law and as codified by various state statutes andfederal regulations.
read more: http://www.mellettepc.com/pdf/fall99.pdf
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