Original title: Medical information has been leaked, and “insiders” who commit evil deeds should be severely punished
After the famous actor Zhou Haimei passed away due to illness, an electronic medical record suspected to be her rescue was circulated on the Internet. The medical record showed that the hospital was a hospital in Shunyi District, Beijing, and recorded the patient’s personal information, treatment time and other information. Later, the hospital staff confirmed that the medical records posted online were authentic. A few days ago, Beijing Shunyi Public Security Bureau issued a situation report: After investigation, on December 11, Fu Moumou (male, 36 years old) took advantage of the convenience of his work in a hospital in Shunyi District to show off a patient’s personal information. Taking photos of medical records and sending them to WeChat groups led to the spread of information and bad social impact. At present, Shunyi Public Security Bureau has administratively detained Fu Moumou in accordance with the law.
Hospital staff actually leaked patient medical records at will, “for the purpose of showing off”? It can be seen that he has no respect for patient privacy and no basic professional ethics. my country’s Civil Code clearly states: “Medical institutions and their medical staff shall keep patients’ privacy and personal information confidential. Those who disclose patients’ privacy and personal information, or disclose their medical records without the patient’s consent, shall bear tort liability.” As a hospital staff member, you should know better than the average person the patient’s condition, medical history, and other private information. Even viewing within the hospital should be restricted, not to mention leaking it. Not disclosing patients’ medical information should be a basic morality for individuals and an unquestionable norm for the industry.
However, in recent years, this line of defense has been easily breached again and again, and hospitals have repeatedly become channels for information leakage. Hospital staff leaking patient medical records is equivalent to a dam bursting from the inside. Faced with the problem of information leakage, the harm of “insiders” is even more serious. Because “insiders” understand the situation better than ordinary people, are better able to access and obtain a large amount of private information, and can leak data “without anyone noticing”. Victims whose personal information has been leaked have almost no way to protect themselves, and are even kept in the dark from beginning to end.
The leak of medical records seemed like a small matter, and the staff member probably thought it was insignificant, so he casually took the photo and sent it out. However, people can’t help but worry that this time it’s a celebrity’s medical records that have been leaked, and next time it may be us and countless ordinary people; if even medical records are leaked, it will be equally difficult to protect other information about our medical treatment.
We have discussed a lot about the dangers of personal information being leaked. Among them, medical information should be strictly protected. Why is the confidentiality of medical information so important? On the one hand, medical records and other diagnosis and treatment records are closely related to patients’ personality rights, belong to the category of personal privacy, and should be protected by law. On the other hand, medical information is directly related to the physical health and economic security of patients, and there is no room for negligence.
In recent years, there have been too many controversies caused by the leakage of medical information. For example, previously, a medical staff in Guangxi took advantage of the convenience of working at a local maternal and child health hospital to illegally download the personal information of newborns and mothers, totaling more than 89,000 pieces, and “resold” it to outsiders, illegally collecting “Benefit fee”; in order to attract traffic, some doctors actually used the operating room as a live broadcast room to broadcast live gynecological surgeries; patients in some hospitals were bombarded with advertisements for drugs, medical equipment, etc. related to their conditions just after they were discharged…
Regarding the protection of medical information, medical institutions and medical personnel should assume important responsibilities and protect patients’ personal information with clear systems, sound management, and good medical ethics. Not long ago, the National Health and Medical Commission formulated and issued the “Special Action Plan for Patient Safety (2023-2025)”, requiring “to use three years to further improve the patient safety management system, improve system construction, smooth working mechanisms, and promptly eliminate medical procedures and various risks in the hospital environment”, and a detailed action plan has been developed for medical institutions. In addition to the construction of relevant systems similar to those of medical institutions, legal education should also be strengthened for staff and the construction of medical ethics and ethics should be strengthened. The fortress must not be allowed to collapse from within. Once an “insider” is found to be selling patient information, he must be severely punished in accordance with the law. Only in this way can each of us have a safe lock on our medical information. (Russian velvet)
