If we’re discussing
> What is the motivation behind keeping medical records confidential, why do we actually care?
A respect for the patient’s privacy is likely going to be one of the driving reasons, if not the primary reason itself.
> What is the motivation behind keeping medical records confidential, why do we actually care?
A respect for the patient’s privacy is likely going to be one of the driving reasons, if not the primary reason itself.
> The Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of protected health information and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without an individual’s authorization.
We allow a major hole here in that protected health information by willfully careful readings of “appropriate safeguards” and “limits and conditions”, essentially because doing otherwise would be a nightmarish expense and pain.