Confidentiality in Health care

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the ethics of the medical care non-disclosure agreement between doctor and patient, which ensures that patients have the freedom to be absolutely honest with their physicians. Frequently the lives of patients depend upon the assurance of confidentiality, which ensures that patients will release all the information necessary to be treated in a targeted and effective way. The paper highlights that the American Medical Association has provided guidelines for doctor-patient confidentiality and its maintenance, particularly as relevant to computer databases. The paper discusses the general guidelines for the relationship between physicians and their patients, along with the maintenance of their confidentiality levels.

From the Paper:

"To provide optimal protection of privacy, the computerized medical database should be online to the terminal only when computer programs with the necessary authorization, and specifically requiring the data, are in use. No person or entity outside of the clinical facility should have access to any online computerized database with medical records of patients who can be identified via the program. This ensures continued doctor-patient confidentiality, which belongs to the patient according to standard medical ethics, as well as the law."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Medical Association (1995-2008). E-5.07 Confidentiality Computers. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8360.html
• American Medical Association (1995-2008). E-5.059 Privacy in the Context of Health Care. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/11988.html
• American Medical Association (1995-2008). E-7.02 Records of Physicians Information and Patients. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8378.html
• American Medical Association (1995-2008). E-10.01 Fundamental Elements of the Patient-Physician Relationship. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8313.html

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