Patients' Legal Certainty of Health Records

Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 11

Abstract

Abstract: Health records have played an increasingly Important rolls throughout history as an Important legal document for the exercise of Individuals' rights. However, domestic Legislation Fails to define health records as a legally Important collection of health data and documents. Recording Facts and storing legally Important documents are Therefore the Tasks of the operator. Using the prescriptive method We will determine Which laws are governing the management of health records, Their safety and accessibility.Based on the descriptive method We will describe the process of handling health records by the provider of health treatment, Focusing on Regulatory Gaps exposed and the area of the protection of the rights of an individual. Through the analysis of the laws governing the management of health records, even after death and operator Terminating the service, We will carry out inductive reasoning and Provide Conclusions Regarding the Attitude Towards health records. Considering Different results we can conclude that health information, especially relevant documents to the protection of individual's rights, are not transparent. Above all, the documents and the collection are not properly, this allowing for their removal. Even the transfer of health records by the provider of health treatment is not defined, which could result and the disposal of the entire health documentation. From the research, it appears that all democratic countries that respect the rights of patients to adopt a legal document, which requires the documentation and processing of health data. The reasons for the necessity of regulating this field are the subject of the article. Keywords: health records, content security, legal certainty

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Milena Marinič

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Milena Marinič (2016). Patients' Legal Certainty of Health Records. Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2(11), 301-306. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-389083