Need to know; allowed to know - The health care professional and electronic confidentiality

This paper deals with a problem relevant to the development and use of the Electronic Patient Record, and in particular looks forward to the time when such records are shared between large numbers of health carers. It asks questions concerning decision-making about how much of the health care record...

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Published in:Information technology & people (West Linn, Or.) Or.), 1999-09, Vol.12 (3), p.276-286
Main Authors: Griew, Antony, Briscoe, Els, Gold, Gerry, Groves-Phillips, Sue
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computerized records management
Confidentiality
Disclosure
Electronic documents
Evidence based medicine
Health care
Health informatics
Information
Information management
Information sharing
Information technology
Information work
Libraries
Medical records
National Health Service
National health services
Personal health
Privacy
Professions
Studies
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Summary:This paper deals with a problem relevant to the development and use of the Electronic Patient Record, and in particular looks forward to the time when such records are shared between large numbers of health carers. It asks questions concerning decision-making about how much of the health care record an individual Health Care Practitioner of any stated specialism (notionally in the British National Health Service, but generally applicable) should be able to see of the record, in relation to his or her perceived need. The authors conclude that a Health Care Practitioner meeting the criteria for a Health Care Professional should largely determine the information he or she needs to allow the practice of good health care ("need-to-know"). On the other hand those whose work does not accord them Health Care Professional status should, where appropriate, be granted access to data by the Health Care Professionals for whom they work ("allowed-to-know"). Finally, it presents and briefly describes an object-oriented model to illustrate the authors' conclusions.
ISSN:0959-3845
1758-5813
DOI:10.1108/09593849910278411