Patients find it easy to select data they don’t want to share

New and colleagues argue that patients must be informed about how their data in electronic health records are to be used and for what purpose. 1 We saw that patients found it simple to say which pieces of data they would not want to be shared when they were given two complete copies of their records...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2018-02, Vol.360, p.k649-k649
Main Author: Fitton, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electronic health records
Electronic medical records
Mental health
Patients
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Summary:New and colleagues argue that patients must be informed about how their data in electronic health records are to be used and for what purpose. 1 We saw that patients found it simple to say which pieces of data they would not want to be shared when they were given two complete copies of their records and correspondence. 2 Patients were asked to mark errors in blue pen and data that they would not want shared in red. Generally, patients selected pregnancy and mental health, including drug and alcohol problems, and chose data relating to employment, genetics, and social stigma.
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.k649