privacy Flashcards

1
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name of oath doctors take

A

Oath of Hippocrates

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2
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what is the hyppocratic oath

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oath sworn by doctors that they will respect and treat their patients well

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3
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unauthorized access or disclosure of sensitive patient information

A

data breach

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4
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protection of patients personal health information from unauthorized access or disclosure

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medical privacy

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5
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legal and ethical obligation of healthcare providers to keep patients health information confidential

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patient confidentially

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6
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information that can be used to identify an individual and their health status

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personal health information

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7
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federal law in the US that regulates the use and disclosure of patients health information

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HIPAA

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8
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accessing or disclosing patient information without proper authorization

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unauthorized access

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9
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security measure that can help protect sensitive patient information from unauthorized -access

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encryption

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10
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vertrouwelijk

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confidentially

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11
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telling (synonym)

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disclosure

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12
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paraphrase a horror story (seen in cursus)

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teen daughter of a hospital worker got her hands on medical records of A&E patients and then called them to tell them they had aids

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13
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what are types of medical records access

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individually identifiable records
Aggregated medical records

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14
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what are Individually identifiable medical records

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contains specific data of a person which focusses on personal attributes

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15
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what are Aggregated medical records

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records are de-identified (doesn’t give specific patient info) and doesn’t contain specific data

it’s a collection of data around a certain subject (like all patients that had heart surgery

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16
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who has legal access to your records

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you
your caregiver/loved one (permission)
your providers
your payers
the government
your employer
medical information bureau
prescription databases

17
Q

why does the government need access to your records

A

for healthcare needs
for law related things: victim/perpetrator
workplace accident

18
Q

why can your employer have access to your records

A

you will have granted them permission (altough sometimes unknowingly)
needs to be known for stuff like disability and family or if you are sick for a long time

19
Q

MIB

A

medical information bureau

20
Q

who uses your medical information accessed by prescription databases

A

insurance companies

21
Q

HMO

A

health maintenance organisation

22
Q

what is an HMO

A

type of healthcare plan
members pay flat/fixed monthly rate to access specified group of medical professionals

23
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what are HMO’s usually associated with

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specific geographical area

24
Q

what are the advantages of an HMO

A

cost
fee is lower and you don’t have to pay up front

25
Q

what are disadvantages of a HMO

A

if you want specialist care you need referral (time consuming)

need to go to in-network professionals

26
Q

which celebrities got their medical records abused

A

george cloony: staff snooped in medical records after motor crash
kate middelton: prank call to nurse to pretend to be royal family to get info

27
Q

who uses aggregated medical records

A

research: help future patients
selling data: marketing (eg for wheelchairs)
outreach and fundraising: nonprofit

28
Q

advantages of electronic health records

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  1. easier to access
  2. better for the environment
  3. less space
  4. enable big-picture improvements
  5. reduce errors (handwriting)
  6. Accessible medicalrecords in times ofcrisis
29
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what do they mean with enable big-picture improvements

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it can scan patients medical history and make links between certain events like start medication and side effects

30
Q

why does big tech want your data

A

massive industry, lots of money, sell data

example: xealth suggests aids for medical conditions and links these to partners, when a person purchases something with a xealth link the partner could know that this is coming from someones EHR

31
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EHR/EMR

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electronic health record
electronic medical record

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