Patient Privacy
What is Patient Privacy?
The protection of medical information and healthcare records from unauthorized access and disclosure under healthcare privacy regulations.
Frameworks that govern patient privacy
What the standards actually require on patient privacy
Requirements naming patient privacy across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.
The practitioner has ethical and legal duties to protect patient privacy and keeps patient information in confidence unless release is required or authorised by law or needed for emergency care.
ahpra-shared-code-of-conduct-2022::3.3 · 3.3 Confidentiality and privacy →Sample collection facilities shall enable collection without invalidating results or affecting examination quality, consider patient privacy, comfort and needs (disabled access, toilets) and accompanying persons, provide separate reception and collection areas...
iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::6.3.5 · 6.3.5 Sample collection facilities →Questions people ask about patient privacy
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