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Patient records’ good-reason rule: It’s necessary to keep prying eyes away from confidential details
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Patient records’ good-reason rule: It’s necessary to keep prying eyes away from confidential details
Thursday 12 January 2023, 09:00 AM

People may share health information they accessed unjustifiably in the first place [Image: Perinjo on iStock]
Curiosity is human nature but accessing patient health records without good reason can cause people extreme humiliation and distress. Stephanie Gregor details the dangers of employee browsing of patient records
A common misconception is that a privacy breach occurs only where personal information is shared or inappropriately accessed by someone external to th, Stephanie Gregor 22, Stephanie Gregor 2022
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References
- Employee repeatedly accessed health records without proper reason. Case Note 269784 [2016] NZ PrivCmr 3 https://tinyurl.com/CaseNote269784
- Patients’ sensitive medical information disclosed by receptionist. Case Note 298757 [2019] NZPriv Cmr 9 https://tinyurl.com/CaseNote298757
- Woman wants to know names of Police officers who accessed her records. https://tinyurl.com/CaseNote208123