Trends in Health Professions: Disclosure of Records to Third Parties

Authors

  • MS Group Healthcare Professionals Insurance Alliance legal team BMS Group Healthcare Professionals Insurance Alliance legal team of Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP (Gowlings)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cjo.80.284

Keywords:

Practice management

Author Biography

MS Group Healthcare Professionals Insurance Alliance legal team, BMS Group Healthcare Professionals Insurance Alliance legal team of Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP (Gowlings)

The protection of a patient’s personal health information is a key element of practising defensively. This article will provide some guidance regarding the steps that optometrists should take in response to a third-party re-quest for the disclosure of confidential patient information to ensure that there is no breach of patient privacy [...]

Cover of CJO Volume 80 Number 1, showing MRI scan of human brain

Published

2018-02-28

How to Cite

Insurance Alliance legal team, M. G. H. P. (2018). Trends in Health Professions: Disclosure of Records to Third Parties. Canadian Journal of Optometry, 80(1), 39–41. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjo.80.284

Issue

Vol. 80 No. 1 (2018): CJO - Spring - 2018

Section

Invited Editorial