I consider that all my medical information to be delicate, complex, and secretive, something that is preserved strictly between me and my doctors, to be used only for my own medical treatment. Unluckily, this is far from truth. Some people who have nothing to do with our treatment have access to and use our medical data. It is supposed that our approval to covered entities or their business associates' use of this information for purposes of treatment, fee, etc. Authorization, principally informed consent, is the keystone of patients' privileges. Consent is based on the inviolability of one's individual. It means that doctors do not have the right to touch or treat a patient without that patient's authorization because the patient is the one
