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When you go to see you doctor, what you say to him/her about your health and what he/she discovers and notes about you and your health is supposed to be confidential. This information should no be divulged to 3rd parties without your permission. If this happens there is a breach of patient-doctor confidentiality.
However, bear in mind that health professionals work in teams in or modern day and for our best interest and (life)protection our confidential medical information may be shared freely within this team (which may include hospital doctors). It is therefore incumbent on this team that our private medical information is kept confidential.
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When might you need to breach confidentiality?
when a life is in danger.
What is a breach of confidentiality?
Certain situations, professions, or contracts require an individual to keep certain information confidential or secret. If the individual discloses that information to a third party, this disclosure constitutes a breach of confidentiality.
What circumstances might you breach confidentiality?
When the secret levy doesn't hold.
Is a therapist in breach of client confidentiality if he tells one client things about another?
Yes. Any case in which a therapist discloses client information to another person is considered a breach of confidentiality. Even in legitimate cases of disclosure like contacting the authorities when a client reports abusing a child, it is still considered a breach of client confidentiality even though it is a legal mandate.
How would you explain breach of confiedentiality?
If your doctor, for example, told some unauthorised person your medical history, that would be a breach of confidentiality
How can the medical assistant help prevent a breach of patient confidentiality by the placement of charts in wall holders?
Prevent breach charts in wall holder
What consequences could have Breach of confidentiality?
If you refer to legal breach of confidentiality an attorney could in theory be disbarred from practicing law.Here is a list of professions which hold a confidentiality law and their possible consequences for not following them:Attorney: disbarmentDoctor: license taken awaytherapist: license taken awayPriest: sanction by the Roman court, possible inability to be a priest if you reveal something heard in confessional (this has to my knowledge never happened)D. Ethical or legal
How can microchips be used to breach the confidentiality of medical records?
Microchips when handled without the greatest degree of security can breach the confidentiality of medical records and any other records. Microchips store so much information that interception of them can have devastating consequences.
Would a receptionist with no medical training constitute a breach for patient-doctor?
Would a receptionist with no medical training constitute a breach for patient-doctor confidentiality?
Can a minister be in breach of confidentiality when talking in a public setting like McDonald's?
Unless a minister is speaking about someone or something told to him in confidence, he would not be in breach of confidentialituy when talking in a public setting like McDonald's.
Breach confidentiality is it legal or ethical?
You can write a book on this subject, and some have. However, in brief, yes a breach of confidentiality can have serious ethical and legal consequences. First, the breach among many things can break the trust factor among friends, families, other personal relationships etc. For military, law enforcement, medical doctors, licensed psychologists, lawyers, etc, there are legal consequences.
Which of the following might constitue breach of patient doctor confidentiality?
IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT MY PATIENT MIGHT KILL SOME BODY AND I AS HIS DOCTOR KNOW THAT IS IT MY DUTY TO BREACH HIS CONFIDENTIALIT?Medical assistant phones patient to convey test resultsAnother View: The above answer does NOT qualify as a breach of confidentiality. Under HIPAA, if the assistant properly identifies the individual as one who is authorized to receive the information, passing the information is allowable.
