Investigation on the situation and patients′ demand of medical information privacy protection / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To learn the situation of medical information privacy protection of a hospital and patient′s privacy demand for different medical information .Methods A 300-questionnaire survey was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Shanghai in April 2017 .The data were subject to descriptive analysis .Results The patients were generally satisfied with the hospital′s medical information privacy protection ,as 71％ of them (213/300)were satisfied ,and 13％ (39/300)of them experienced privacy exposure.Patients were most concerned with medical information from which others could identify them .Conclusions The State should promulgate rules and regulations for the protection of medical information privacy as soon as possible ;information technology need to be adopted to encrypt identifiable information ;a system of norms that can be followed need to be developed for the use of medical information ;hospitals should build a patient′s privacy protection system to comprehensively protect the privacy of patients .