Question

4. Privacy means many different things in a medical setting. Distin- guish between the patient's right to physical privacy and privacy of privi- leged communication. 5. As a medical assistant, privileged communication includes your knowl- edge of the patient. Your office has a famous celebrity as a patient. A well- known newspaper reporter calls and asks you to go to lunch with her. How will you handle this matter? 6. Your office has a strict policy with regard to release of information in health records, and despite a state statute allowing patients access to their records, the physicians you work for will not give patients their records. An obnoxious attorney storms into the office and demands access to your files. The patient has signed a release form. You are at the front desk and the office is full of patients. What do you do? 7. Your office has a relaxed policy with regard to the release of informa- tion in health records. A patient asks to see his record. You know that there is information in the record regarding telephone calls from the patient's rela- 4 minutes - 5 pages left

Answer 1

Medical privacy is the practice of maintaining the security and Confidentiality of the patient records.It involves both the conversational discretion of health care providers and the security of medical records.The term can also refer to the physical privacy of the patients from other patients and providers while in a medical facility.

The right to personal privacy includes at a minimum, that patients have physical privacy to the extent consistent with their care needs during personal hygiene activities ( e.g .toileting,bathing ,dressing), during medical/nursing treatments and when requested as appropriate .People not involved in the care of the patient should not be present without his/ her consent while he/she is being examined or treated.If an individual requires assistance during toileting,bathing and other personal hygiene activities ,staff should assist ,giving utmost attention to the individual's need for privacy.

Privacy of privileged communication is a legal concept that refers to laws that protect clients from having confidential communications with their counselors disclosed in a court of law without their permission.A judge cannot order information that has been recognized by law as privileged to be revealed in court.Privilage belongs to the client and client can waive their privacy.