Articles Tagged With: Confidentiality
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Patient and Family Complaints Require Careful Response
Healthcare organizations should have processes for responding to complaints from patients and families. The nature and seriousness of the complaint will dictate how much of a response is required.
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The Pandemic Did Not Affect Single-Visit LARC Insertion
Adolescents who used public insurance and were seeing a non-OB/GYN provider had lower odds of a single-visit placement of long-acting reversible contraception, new research shows.
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Did Emergency Provider Discuss Sensitive Topics with Adolescent?
Protecting confidentiality is the primary consideration for emergency care providers discussing sensitive topics with adolescent patients, including documentation in the medical record, discharge papers, lab results, and billing. Confidential conversations can be protected in the medical record several ways, including using confidential notes that are not visible to all.
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Telehealth Expands Contraceptive Access, but Some Youth Just Want Face-to-Face Care
A research review involving telemedicine-delivered contraceptive health services to female adolescents and young adults revealed that youth find these acceptable, but some reported a preference for in-person care.
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Teen Educator Program Helps Youths with Reproductive Health
A team of teen educators in Wisconsin teach their peers about reproductive healthcare and how to advocate for their own needs. Teen educators, typically ages 15-18 years, are hired in the summer and usually are ready to provide educational sessions by fall.
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Hospital Fires Doctor for Verbal Attack During Peer Review
In an unusual case illustrating the potential legal exposure associated with the process, a hospital fired a physician reviewer for “verbally attacking” a colleague at a peer review meeting. The fired doctor sued.
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Providers, Parents, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Improving Preventive Care Discussions Together
An essential part of delivering critical preventive services to youth includes discussing confidentiality and private time (without a parent in the room) between adolescents and young adults and their healthcare provider to build trust and promote optimal health and well-being.
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Confidentiality Remains Essential for Young People to Seek Care
Access to confidential care can affect decisions to seek care, willingness to disclose behaviors, and the likelihood of returning for necessary follow-up.
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Concerns About Privacy May Prevent Some Youth From Getting STI Tests
Many on parents’ health plans would not get care due to privacy issues.
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Don’t Overreach, and Argue for Broad Interpretation in Court
Courts typically see confidentiality issues arise in the context of discovery disputes in medical malpractice cases, says Karen Owens, JD, an attorney with the law firm of Coppersmith Brockelman in Phoenix. Naturally, plaintiffs’ counsel would like nothing better than to get into the peer review files they think will prove their case, so they will look hard for ways to squeeze past the statutory protections, she says.