Reasons for maintaining confidentiality of information?

Answer 1

To prevent social, employment, insurance, and other types of discrimination that may occur when information falls into the hands of those who do not understand it fully, have vested interests, or may see a disease or disorder in a different way than a patient, nurse, or doctor might see it.

Healthcare personnel are trained to understand disease states, and to treat and care for patients without bias or ulterior motives. Most embrace this philosophy. Some do not.

Some of these insiders have been caught selling information to insurance companies, paparazzi, and others- and lost their jobs or careers over it.

With electronic records, it is easy to access, transfer, copy, and send large amounts of private data. It is also easy to track who did any of these things using this electronic trail.

Hospitals are tracking who has accessed patient data and flagging events which are not justified or authorized.

Confidentiality and privacy are serious business.