ethics midterm- confidentiality

confidentiality

keeping personal medical info private

hippocratic oath

“what I may see or hear in the course of treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself, holding such things shameful to be spoken about

privacy act of 1974

no agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains

samuel ervin

who introduced the privacy act of 1974

democratic senator

samuel ervins party/position

who signed an executive order eliminating the privacy protection act to foreigners

Cooper vs FAA

exchange of medical records was inproper

health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996

HIPPA

Title 1 HIPPA

protects health insurance coverage for workers/their families when they change or lose their jobs

Title 2 HIPPA

AKA administrative simplification- requires establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers

Title 3

sets guidelines for pre-tax medical spending accounts

Title 4

sets guidelines for group health plans

Title 5

governs company-owned life insurance policies

threats of violence, child abuse, communicable disease, elder/dependent abuse, weapon related wounds

not protected by HIPPA