CONFIDENTIALITY IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TOPIC IN HEALTH CARE TODAY.
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This paper was prepared for Confidentiality of Health Information Research Project HIT
109, with a research project number of 40990300 and student number of 70634191. The author could be reached on, P.O Box 21381 Kampala, Uganda or at kayongomale@yahoo.com
Abstract.
This paper explores the discussions of confidentiality as being an extremely important topic in health care today and that indeed, they are legal and ethical ramifications that are almost as important as saving people’s lives and restoring them to death as the topic suggests since it’s the patient’s life here we are talking about too. Although, we’ve been able prove the above topic as you will witness further, …show more content…
Occasionally, a treatment program may be discontinued or acquired by another program due to various reasons, of which specifically under regulations, disposition of such patient-identifiable records must proceed except when the patient’s written consent to transfer them is obtained or the applicable statute of limitations requires that the records be maintained for a period beyond the closure or transfer as noted by Dana (2003). She further notes that, neither way, incase the transfer have not been authorized and the records must be retained for the statute of limitations period, then it calls for immediate placement in a sealed envelope or container and labeled as below.
“Record of [input program name] required to be maintained under [input citation to statute, regulation, court order, or other legal authority requiring that records be kept] until a date not later than [input appropriate date]”
Cautiously, the regulation advises the responsible person in question; hold the sealed and marked records in confidence until the end of the retention period as specified on the label and that records be destroyed upon expiration of the retention period (Dana, 2003 …show more content…
Only the data necessary for the bonafide use should be released. Patient identifiers should be omitted when appropriate. Release of confidential medical information from the database should confine to the specific purpose for which the information is requested and limited to the specific time frame requested. All such organizations or individuals should be advised that authorized release of data to them doesn’t authorize their further release of the data to additional individuals or organizations or subsequent use of the data for other purposes.
Virtual Mentor (2012) suggests that, patient information should be released to others only with the patient’s permission or as allowed by the law. It further states that, because of the above statement, this doesn’t imply that physicians cannot gain access to patient information. Information can be released for treatment, payment, or administrative purposes without a patient’s authorization. The
CONFIDENTIALITY IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TOPIC IN HEALTH CARE TODAY.
- 25 - patient, too, has federal, state, and legal rights to view, obtain a copy of, and amend information in his or her health
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This paper was prepared for Confidentiality of Health Information Research Project HIT
109, with a research project number of 40990300 and student number of 70634191. The author could be reached on, P.O Box 21381 Kampala, Uganda or at kayongomale@yahoo.com
Abstract.
This paper explores the discussions of confidentiality as being an extremely important topic in health care today and that indeed, they are legal and ethical ramifications that are almost as important as saving people’s lives and restoring them to death as the topic suggests since it’s the patient’s life here we are talking about too. Although, we’ve been able prove the above topic as you will witness further, …show more content…
Occasionally, a treatment program may be discontinued or acquired by another program due to various reasons, of which specifically under regulations, disposition of such patient-identifiable records must proceed except when the patient’s written consent to transfer them is obtained or the applicable statute of limitations requires that the records be maintained for a period beyond the closure or transfer as noted by Dana (2003). She further notes that, neither way, incase the transfer have not been authorized and the records must be retained for the statute of limitations period, then it calls for immediate placement in a sealed envelope or container and labeled as below.
“Record of [input program name] required to be maintained under [input citation to statute, regulation, court order, or other legal authority requiring that records be kept] until a date not later than [input appropriate date]”
Cautiously, the regulation advises the responsible person in question; hold the sealed and marked records in confidence until the end of the retention period as specified on the label and that records be destroyed upon expiration of the retention period (Dana, 2003 …show more content…
Only the data necessary for the bonafide use should be released. Patient identifiers should be omitted when appropriate. Release of confidential medical information from the database should confine to the specific purpose for which the information is requested and limited to the specific time frame requested. All such organizations or individuals should be advised that authorized release of data to them doesn’t authorize their further release of the data to additional individuals or organizations or subsequent use of the data for other purposes.
Virtual Mentor (2012) suggests that, patient information should be released to others only with the patient’s permission or as allowed by the law. It further states that, because of the above statement, this doesn’t imply that physicians cannot gain access to patient information. Information can be released for treatment, payment, or administrative purposes without a patient’s authorization. The
CONFIDENTIALITY IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TOPIC IN HEALTH CARE TODAY.
- 25 - patient, too, has federal, state, and legal rights to view, obtain a copy of, and amend information in his or her health