privacy Flashcards
name of oath doctors take
Oath of Hippocrates
what is the hyppocratic oath
oath sworn by doctors that they will respect and treat their patients well
unauthorized access or disclosure of sensitive patient information
data breach
protection of patients personal health information from unauthorized access or disclosure
medical privacy
legal and ethical obligation of healthcare providers to keep patients health information confidential
patient confidentially
information that can be used to identify an individual and their health status
personal health information
federal law in the US that regulates the use and disclosure of patients health information
HIPAA
accessing or disclosing patient information without proper authorization
unauthorized access
security measure that can help protect sensitive patient information from unauthorized -access
encryption
vertrouwelijk
confidentially
telling (synonym)
disclosure
paraphrase a horror story (seen in cursus)
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
what are types of medical records access
individually identifiable records
Aggregated medical records
what are Individually identifiable medical records
contains specific data of a person which focusses on personal attributes
what are Aggregated medical records
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
who has legal access to your records
you
your caregiver/loved one (permission)
your providers
your payers
the government
your employer
medical information bureau
prescription databases
why does the government need access to your records
for healthcare needs
for law related things: victim/perpetrator
workplace accident
why can your employer have access to your records
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
MIB
medical information bureau
who uses your medical information accessed by prescription databases
insurance companies
HMO
health maintenance organisation
what is an HMO
type of healthcare plan
members pay flat/fixed monthly rate to access specified group of medical professionals
what are HMO’s usually associated with
specific geographical area
what are the advantages of an HMO
cost
fee is lower and you don’t have to pay up front
what are disadvantages of a HMO
if you want specialist care you need referral (time consuming)
need to go to in-network professionals
which celebrities got their medical records abused
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
who uses aggregated medical records
research: help future patients
selling data: marketing (eg for wheelchairs)
outreach and fundraising: nonprofit
advantages of electronic health records
- easier to access
- better for the environment
- less space
- enable big-picture improvements
- reduce errors (handwriting)
- Accessible medicalrecords in times ofcrisis
what do they mean with enable big-picture improvements
it can scan patients medical history and make links between certain events like start medication and side effects
why does big tech want your data
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
EHR/EMR
electronic health record
electronic medical record
