Express Consent In Healthcare

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"Consent" for our purposes is the means by which we are authorized by an individual to process information about them based on their enlightened understanding of what we have planned. To include identifiable information about the patient in an e-mail message or on a website in the absence of a patient's express consent would constitute a breach of confidentiality. Obtaining consent should involve sensitizing the patient to any risk to his or her privacy and the provisions in place to protect him / her. Identifiable patient information could therefore be transmitted over the Internet with the patient's informed consent and advice from the GMC (or equivalent professional body) and established principles such as those of Caldicott and the Data Protection Act. …show more content…
Any benefits happening by connecting to internet will occur with losing control over our confidential data. In HealthCare Industry, Data is very sensitive, even when you connect to home network, exposes

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