THE CONFORMITY OF MEDICAL PRACTICE

WITH
THE LAWS
ON
PATIENT DATA
CONFIDENTIALITY
A comparative analysis of rural and urban medical practices
ANCA CONDILĂ

6th year dental student

 AGENDA

• Mishandled private patient data

• A doctor-patient relationship built on mutual trust
• Avoid malpractice
 MISHANDLED PRIVATE PATIENT DATA

1. OUTLINE THE PROBLEM

2. THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDICAL LAW EDUCATION

2. FINDING SOLUTIONS
1.OUTLINING THE PROBLEM
 RURAL AREAS – URBAN AREAS

• July 2017 – August 2017

• 18 dentists
• 9 from Bucharest and Alexandria
• 9 from rural communities
• 13 items questionnaire
• Simple choice questions
 QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS

CORRECT ERRONEOUS

URBAN 49% 51%

RURAL 52% 48%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Qualitative study

A potential problem

Ampler statistics
2.THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDICAL LAW
EDUCATION
 WHY?

Is law so important for a dentist?

Ethics or medical training?
MALPRACTICE A SOLID
PREVENTION PATIENT-DOCTOR
RELATIONSHIP
 MALPRACTICE ETIOLOGY

• MEDICAL ERRORS • ETHICAL MISCONDUCT

 PATIENT DATA
• Identity numbers from personal documents

• Clinical investigation results

• Genetic investigations

• Medical history

• Diagnosis

• Prognosis

• Treatment

• Health insurance data

3.SOLUTIONS
 EDUCATION
IS THE ANSWER
A GREAT DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

WHAT DOES THE IDEAL DOCTOR LOOK LIKE FROM

THE PATIENT˙S VIEWPOINT?
A study conducted in 2006 in Mayo Clinics, which surveyed 192
patients , answered the question:

• Confident
• Empathetic
• Humane
• Personal
• Forthright
• Respectful
• Thorough
SURGEONS WHO ARE KIND, EMPATHETIC AND
RESPECTFUL TO PATIENTS HAVE LITTLE OR NO
HISTORY OF MALPRACTICE CLAIM
 I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their
problems are not disclosed to me that the world may
know.

The Hipocratic Oath