Having worked in a hospital as a clerk, I can see the need for patient privacy. Many patients with certain illnesses don't want their diagnoses to be released to their family or friends. Ie. A patient with cancer would prefer not to have his family know of his illness and would rather live the rest of his life as normal as possible, not have his family worry, etc.
Anyway, the system that we used there (Meditech) was very archaic. It worked in a DOS-like format, and did not allow much free-form info to be added. I think that it would be a great idea to have more info on who can call to ask for basic info such as appointment times, doctor's names, etc, and who is restricted from any info.
I think that a huge part of patient privacy also lies in the hands of the admin staff. If they do not have a clear idea of what info can and cannot be released, then nothing is secure regardless of what kind of technology is used.
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Having worked in a hospital as a clerk, I can see the need for patient privacy. Many patients with certain illnesses don't want their diagnoses to be released to their family or friends. Ie. A patient with cancer would prefer not to have his family know of his illness and would rather live the rest of his life as normal as possible, not have his family worry, etc.
Anyway, the system that we used there (Meditech) was very archaic. It worked in a DOS-like format, and did not allow much free-form info to be added. I think that it would be a great idea to have more info on who can call to ask for basic info such as appointment times, doctor's names, etc, and who is restricted from any info.
I think that a huge part of patient privacy also lies in the hands of the admin staff. If they do not have a clear idea of what info can and cannot be released, then nothing is secure regardless of what kind of technology is used.
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