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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

DICIEMBRE 2005 N° 10 Volumen 8

The right to privacy and the electronic patient file

Section: Ethics and Society

How to quote

Ramiro Fernández JM, García-Mayor Fernández B, Fernández Lamelas MA. El derecho a la intimidad y la historia clínica electrónica. Metas de Enferm dic 2005/ene 2006; 8(10): 71-76

Authors

José Manuel Ramiro Fernández1, Belén García-Mayor Fernández2

Position

Licenciado en Dirección y Administración de Empresas. Jefe del Servicio de Informática del Complejo Hospitalario Xeral-Calde de L

Contact address

C/ Torrecedeira, 50, 1ºE. 36202 Vigo

Contact email: maria.antonia.fernandez.lamelas@sergas.es

Abstract

The aim of this article if to analyze the right to privacy and the application of IT in the management of healthcare services. For this purpose, the norms and information sources that govern the possible existing relation-tension between the right to information and the right to privacy as well as the regulations on personal data protection were studied, emphasizing data relating to the health status of individuals. The admission of the clinical history in any format is brought to discussion, being its electronic form what most administrators hope for. Nurses have access to the clinical history to enable them to provide the required nursing services, safeguarding the confidentiality pertaining to the patient's personal details.

Keywords:

Privacy; clinical history; IT; professional secret; nursing; Privacy; clinical history; IT; professional secret; nursing

Versión en Español

Título:

El derecho a la intimidad y la historia clínica electrónica