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There are papers about de-anonimizing patient records and they show that for instance, patient records + facebook is definitely enough to fill in the names corr
by iofj 10y ago
There are papers about de-anonimizing patient records and they show that for instance, patient records + facebook is definitely enough to fill in the names correctly.
- jonathankoren 10y agoYou do realize that with your standard of never-say-anything you're calling pretty much 200 years of medical study on violation.
- iofj 10y agoThat sounds great until you read the original stories detailing how they arrived at these standards. I mean it's utilitarian attitude on the surface, but the usefulness of medicine will be significantly degraded for everyone if patient records become public records.
- jonathankoren 10y ago> the usefulness of medicine will be significantly degraded for everyone if patient records become public records Huh? The reason why doctor-patient confidentiality exists is to encourage people to seek treatment without fear of embarrassment or retaliation.