l 16 patients' confidentiality
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Patient ConfidentialityProf. Faisal Ghani Siddiqui
MBBS; FCPS; PGD-BIOETHICS; MCPS-HPE
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Preamble• What is confidentiality?• Why confidentiality is important?• How to maintain the confidentiality of
our patients’ information?• When to disclose medical information?
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What is Confidentiality?
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It is the assurance to the patient that the information (s)he shares with doctors would not be passed on to anyone without their permission
What is confidentiality?
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. . . And such information can be shared only after authorization is provided, and then only with authorized individuals.
What is confidentiality?
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What information should be kept secret? Any medical information that comes to the knowledge of the practitioners as a result of their work, whether directly obtained from the patient, or otherwise
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What information should be kept secret? • Past, present or future physical/mental
condition• Diagnosis or treatment• Photograph, video, audiotape • Patient’s doctor’s name(s) • Clinics patient attended • The past, present, or future payment for the
healthcare to the individual
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Why Confidentiality is important?
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Why Confidentiality is Important?
If patient knows his/her information will be kept secret
)S(he will render important information to the doctor
Good diagnosis
Better treatment
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AreConfidentiality & Privacy similar?
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ConfidentialityPersonal information shared with a doctor that cannot be divulged to anyone without the consent of the patient
PrivacyFreedom of the patient not to give information to the physician
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HowConfidentiality Should be Maintained?
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Sharing of Information• Do not discuss patient’s medical
information with unauthorized family members
• Limit sharing of information with other staff, unless for consultations and second opinion
• Do not disclose patient’s information without his/her consent
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Patient’s Manual Records• Hold in secure place under lock and key• Return to the filing system as soon as
possible after use
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Electronic Records• Log out computer system when work is
finished• Do not leave a terminal unattended while
logged in• Do not share passwords with others• Change passwords at regular intervals• Always clear the screen of previous
patient’s information before seeing another
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Emails & Fax• Whenever possible, clinical details should
be separated from demographic data;• All data transmitted by email should be
password-protected
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When Confidentiality can be breached?
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When confidentiality can be breached?• Permitted by the patient or substitute
decision maker• If required by judiciary • Consultation or second opinion• Public health interest/threats (birth, death,
notifiable diseases)• Individual’s threats to prevent crimes
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When confidentiality can be breeched?• If needed by the doctor to defend
him/herself before judges or disciplinary committee
• If the patient consciously and truly admits committing a crime on which another person was accused/punished
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Fiqhi Aspectsوتخونوا" سول والر ه الل تخونوا ال آمنوا ذين ال ها أي يا
تعلمون ( وأنتم )”27أماناتكم
عليه الله صلى بي الن عن عنه الله رضي جابر عن )) : فهي التفت ثم بالحديث الرجل حدث إذا قال وسلم،
االلباني)) وحسنه والترمذي داود أبو رواه أمانة
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When 4 conditions are fulfilled!• What was disclosed was a secret• The actual disclosure regardless the way of
disclosure• To be the person trusted to keep the secret• The intention to disclose e.g. not out of negligence
or forgetting, (leaving the records open or accidently dropping a medical information sheet)
When Disclosure of Medical Secret Considered a Crime?