The concept of medical confidentiality requires revision, according to the State Duma – The Jewish Times

2015-04-13 22:55

Alla Lukashou

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RBC : The concept of doctor-patient confidentiality should be reversed or mitigated to relatives of the deceased, as it prevents the identification of medical malpractice and insurance claims, according to the State Duma.

In the State Duma raised the question of the need to adjust the legislative ban on access to information stakeholders that medical confidentiality is dead patients. This was stated by the deputies of the party “United Russia” of the Committee on Legislation and Public Health.

According to some estimates, up to 50 thousand. People die due to poor quality of care, said the chief consultant of the judges Constitutional Court Pavel Blokhin.

Often, a ban on access to information used to hide medical errors. Without access to information in the medical records of deceased relatives do not have on hand the documents to go to court, and courts for the same reason, do not send inquiries to medical facilities.

Under the law, access to the medical records of deceased people their relatives can be obtained only in the presence of a specially issued written consent. But in most cases, patients do not know about: physicians should inform them, but to frighten people they do not want.

«Set accurate medical history and causes of death – this is a huge problem – commented RBC lawyer Igor Trunov. – Approximately 40% of cases the cause of death at odds with the diagnosis ».

According to him, the situation will not change even simplify the procedure for obtaining information:

« The history of the disease as the cause of death, it is easy to forge, – says Trunov. – The output would be the introduction of electronic cards, which record everything that happens to the patient since his admission to the hospital, and that it was impossible to be changed ».

Insurers such a situation with a very medical secret happy – do not have to pay the insurance money. Inability to identify insurance claims for this reason may also lead to the fact that banks will demand payment of insured loans of deceased people.

If a dispute on the payment of insurance goes to court, these medical records go up the judicial inquiry, but it concerns Only insurance events occurring abroad.

MPs propose to limit access to medical information only schuchae if there is a direct prohibition on the patient.

Discussion Topics will continue, possibly at the end of his proposals will be made to change the law.