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Medical records can't be released to anyone without signed consent from the patient. There are laws that protect the privacy of patients and their medical information called HIPPA.
To protect the privacy of patient information. The law makes it illegal to give out a patient's medical information without their consent. After HIPAA, medical patients had to fill out forms designating where and to whom their information could be given out. If you are taking the HIPAA test: To make it easier for people to keep health insurance and to help the industry.
Firewalls are to PROTECT your privacy. They keep other computers from contacting yours without your permission and sending viruses to it or accessing private information on your computer.
In healthcare, HIPPA laws protect patient confidentiality. Patient medical information can not be given over the phone to anyone claiming to know the patient without express permission from the patient.
Aseptic (without infection) techniques protect you and what you are working on. That could be a patient or even a microorganism in a Petri dish.