Patient confidentiality in a time of care.data.

Autor: Sheather, Julian, Brannan, Sophie
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Zdroj: BMJ: British Medical Journal; 11/30/2013, Vol. 347 Issue 7935, p10-10, 1p, 1 Color Photograph
Abstrakt: The article discusses the effects of information revolution on the healthcare systems under the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. It mentions the Health and Social Care Act which enables the Health and Social Care Information Centre extract large amounts of personal confidential data from General Practice (GP) medical records. It discusses the controversies sparked by the powers of the Health and Social Care Act which can over-ride the common law duty of confidentiality.
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