medical privacy
Protected health information
Medical privacy is the right to keep personal health information confidential.
It covers medical records, diagnoses, treatments, and conversations with healthcare providers.
In the United States, HIPAA laws establish standards for protecting medical privacy, restricting who can access patient information without consent.
The hospital violated her medical privacy by sharing her records with her employer.
- GDPREU data protection law
- HIPAAMedical privacy statute
- patient autonomyRight to decide treatment
- need to knowRestricted information access basis
- behind closed doorsIn private, unobserved
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- patient carepatient care, patient safety, care planning, chronic care, disease management
- patient rightspatient rights, informed consent, patient advocacy, patient advocate, advance directive
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- health policypublic health policy, health policy, healthcare policy, Affordable Care Act, health legislation
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