Could someone please define what “breech of confidentiality” actually means?
I would certainly seek legal representation – it sounds like a very serious allegation. The term “breech of patient’s confidentiality” is usually bounded around in medical arenas and it means that you have discussed the “patient’s” medical history/condition with people who should not be party to that information.
Well, I think you know what breach of confidentiality means. If your a doctor, whatever the files of your patients or data of your patients should be kept and not to be accessed by any other individual except for the order of the court. YOu should not appear to use or disclose information to anyone.
Patient confidentiality e-mail story | print story Physicians have always had a duty to keep their patients’ confidences. In essence, the physician’s duty to maintain confidentiality means that a physician may not disclose any medical information revealed by a patient or discovered by a physician in connection with the treatment of a patient. In general, AMA’s Code of Medical Ethics states that the information disclosed to a physician during the course of the patient-physician relationship is confidential to the utmost degree. As explained by the AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, the purpose of a physician’s ethical duty to maintain patient confidentiality is to allow the patient to feel free to make a full and frank disclosure of information to the physician with the knowledge that the physician will protect the confidential nature of the information disclosed. Full disclosure enables the physician to diagnose conditions properly and to treat the patient appropriately. In
