From Hippocrates to HIPAA: privacy and confidentiality in emergency medicine--Part II: Challenges in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 2005 Jan;45(1):60-7
Date
01/07/2005Pubmed ID
15635312Pubmed Central ID
PMC7119013DOI
10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.08.011Scopus ID
2-s2.0-11144243167 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 44 CitationsAbstract
Part I of this article reviewed the concepts of privacy and confidentiality and described the moral and legal foundations and limits of these values in health care. Part II highlights specific privacy and confidentiality issues encountered in the emergency department (ED). Discussed first are physical privacy issues in the ED, including problems of ED design and crowding, issues of patient and staff safety, the presence of visitors, law enforcement officers, students, and other observers, and filming activities. The article then examines confidentiality issues in the ED, including protecting medical records, the duty to warn, reportable conditions, telephone inquiries, media requests, communication among health care professionals, habitual patient files, the use of patient images, electronic communication, and information about minor patients.
Author List
Moskop JC, Marco CA, Larkin GL, Geiderman JM, Derse ARAuthor
Arthur R. Derse MD, JD Director, Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
ConfidentialityEmergency Service, Hospital
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Humans
Privacy
United States
