Discussion Questions\t\u00a0\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0People are sometimes shocked to realize how much personal data can be maintained in master patient indexes”\ufffdsuch as marital status and problematic payment histories or cancellations. People are also surprised to realize how much medical information may be shared”\ufffdfor example, a doctor you are visiting for pneumonia may see that you are taking medications for mental illness.\t\u00a0\tDo you think the benefits of master patient indexes outweigh the disadvantages, or have medical records gone too far in documenting and sharing private information? Explain your reasons.\u00a0Respond\u00a0to classmates by suggesting the kind of policy for master patient indexes you feel would be appropriate for your concerns.\t\u00a0\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Recall the difference between registers and registries. If you had the authority, what policy would you put in place regarding the availability of medical information for registers and registries?\u00a0Respond\u00a0to classmates by noting whether their policies seem to expand or curtail the current availability of medical information to registers and registries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Discussion Questions \u00a0 \u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0People are sometimes shocked to realize how much personal data can be maintained in master patient indexes”\ufffdsuch as marital status and problematic payment histories or cancellations. People are also surprised to realize how much medical information Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}