Internet Article: Patient Confidentiality Takes on a New Meaning.
Title: Internet Article: Patient Confidentiality Takes on a New Meaning.
Category: /Recreation & Sports/Health Care
Details: Words: 616 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Internet Article: Patient Confidentiality Takes on a New Meaning.
Category: /Recreation & Sports/Health Care
Details: Words: 616 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
This article talks about health care information that is inappropriately or incorrectly communicated can result in misuse of that information and could cause patient harm. Everyday, our private health care information is being collected, shared, analyzed and stored with few legal protections. Confidentiality is a central component to the foundation of the helping professions. Without confidentiality, the client/nurse relationship is in danger of losing the developed levels of trust. Nurses carry a particularly heavy
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involved in making judgments as to ethical, moral and legal implications concerning the protection of the privacy of the individuals under care.
From reading this article I am glad to know that there is such an act that protects patients' confidentiality. I believe HIPAA has a great impact on research. People need less to worry about their personal information being exposed to outsiders and even the public.
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http://www.nso.com/breaches.ht