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Why?
by VadimPR 4y ago
Why?
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y agoPrivacy, “right to be forgotten”, self-determination, etc. seem like likely reasons for someone to want that.
- mod 4y agoYou may have read the comment the way I initially did: as "Now let us (let's) delete them" I think his meaning was "give us the right to delete them" which IMO should be the standard.
- StanislavPetrov 4y agoBecause patients should have the right to decide whether and where their confidential medical data is stored.
- StanislavPetrov 4y agoAstounding to me that anyone is downvoting this sentiment. I would love to hear some sort of rationale from anyone who believes that individuals shouldn't have the right to control who has access to their own private medical information and who stores it.
- JoshMandel 4y agoNot the down voter, but if you look through guidance from the malpractice insurance industry (e.g., https://www.thedoctors.com/articles/medical-and-dental-record-retention https://www.thedoctors.com/articles/medical-and-dental-recor...) you will see that defense against potential malpractice claims is a key driver of retention practices. Introducing a right to be forgotten in healthcare would presumably require concomitant reform of the medical malpractice landscape. I'm not arguing against the sentiment (and indeed I think patients should have a much stronger ability to audit and control how their records are shared, including the ability to opt out of sharing) -- but when it comes to records retention by the originating organization, it's important to evaluate these practices in the broader context.