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Private: Our bodies, our selves: Know the legal basis of any request for a patient’s health information
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Private: Our bodies, our selves: Know the legal basis of any request for a patient’s health information
Wednesday 21 June 2023, 01:30 AM
Privacy code rules and legislation place restrictions on when it is suitable for health practitioners to share a patient’s information [Image: Freepik.com]
Must a GP give patient information to another health agency or an insurer simply because they ask for it? Sometimes, yes, writes Michael Webster
Patients entrust their health practitioner with sensitive information – details about their bodies, lifestyle, mental wellbeing, emotions and behaviou
References
- Collection of medical notes by insurers – Inquiry by the Privacy Commissioner. Privacy Commissioner (online June 2009).
- Case Note 226245 [2013] NZ PrivCmr 2: Over-collection of medical notes by insurance company. Privacy Commissioner (online 16 September 2014).
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