Doctor Personal Information

How much information or data should doctors share with their patients?

Doctors are obligated by law to give whatever information is necessary for a patient to make a fully informed decision. Generally that information would include a timeline for treatment, risks and side effects involved, benefits, and alternatives, if any. In other words, the patient needs to know what they're getting themselves into. There are so many studies out there for various treatments that even statistics of effectiveness can have a wide range. Still, for the less controversial options, statistical information could be offered if it's relevant enough. However, like Dr. Sie said, most patients don't understand or even don't care. They just want to know if doing this treatment is their best option or not. Odds are, given a particular personal situation and ailment for a certain patient, there will likely be one treatment option that is superior to other options. Each person is different, so yes, it is possible to give someone too much information. For example, leaving your home has the risk of getting killed in a car accident or getting hit by a bus. If telling a person that results in them being so petrified with fear that they never leave their home and then they starve to death, was telling the person that risk the right move? Knowing how much information to give is completely a judgement call. On the flip side, yes, it is also possible to give a patient too little information. But that topic is already covered legally with proper "informed consent."

Are doctors able to look up other doctors personal information like their date of birth?

Not if it’s not your patient.Now I had many patients who were doctors or med students. So obviously I had their basic ID info in their charts.But the system keeps track of who looks up who, and especially if a celebrity is admitted, close tabs are kept on access to that information. It’s severe penalties to search out those people.At Stanford, we pretty much knew when San Francisco 49er football players’ wives were in labor, and we often assisted on their procedures or consulted if they were high-risk or had an ultrasound. They all got admitted under pseudonyms.

Can a doctor input my personal info in a system?

It’s complicated. Factors to consider: who created the information, who is sending said information, who is asking for the information, how is that information stored once it is received by the Provider…Provider suggested use of an App - there is a breach Can HIPAA address patient generated data?

Can a doctor tell personal information to another patient that was gleaned from a therapy session?

No, there are patient confidentiality laws in place that prevents a doctor telling any personal information to anybody other than yourself, people you have given the doctor permission to tell, or other medical professionals but only when it is completely necessary to do so.

What information do doctors need during a medical emergency?

I m mentioning the most necessary details that are a must in case of any emergency, as well as those which if provided will be useful for the doctor in planning out the treatment, once the emergency has been taken care of.. Symptoms, when you noticed, how they worsened, what you did on your level to get relief (any domestic home remedies or pharmaceutical aids you took.)Your blood group, before transfusion blood group be certainly tested, but it is of help if you dricers license or id has already mentioned it. Current diseases you are suffering from or are being treated for, may be infectious, communicable or non communicable.. For safety of both patients and doctors, also to avoid any interactions between different medicines. Any allergies, if you have, need to be made known for obvious reasons. An id card stating your name, surname (because of some caste/race related diseases), emergency contact (for signing any undertaking forms before surgery) would be helpful to make things easier. After the emergency has passed and proper treatment is executed Details about your condition as incresed urination or food intake thirst over past (in case if diabetes) should be made known. Past and present detailed medical history, stating, any past and ongoing hospitalisations, surgeries undergone, diagnosis, treatments should be made known.Family history for the doctor to decide about some hereditary and genetic conditions (eg. Blood pressure or diabetes etc as you mentioned)If possible, any reference of your family physician, or you past medical records/files would help clarify any doubts and misunderstanding about symptoms or past diseases.

Is it legal for a doctor to look up a patient's public information on the internet?

Not as such.The details will obviously depend on the jurisdiction you live in, but in general:It’s illegal for doctors to disclose confidential information about their patients, personal data, illness history, basically anything told to the doctor in confidence. And anything which would identify a patient.But it’s not illegal for a doctor to speak about his/her patients as anonymous cases. No names, no information allowing the identification of the patient (no “a 57 year-old patient with purple hair, living at the following postal address: XYZ”). But “I once had a case of a young man who arrived by ambulance who had ABC, so I DEF…”Within a medical treatment context, the ability to discuss a case openly with, say, a specialist colleague, to ask for his/her opinion - I’d say that this is acceptable, both doctors being aware of the confidentiality requirements and communicating in a purely professional and factual capacity. If both are treating the same patient, them obviously it is in the interest of the patient that both have full knowledge of the patient’s background and status. Not allowing such professional communication would potentially put the patient in danger.If a doctor is going to be showing images of a patient in a general context such as training, a public presentation etc. (e.g. as part of the documentation of an operation), and if the patient is recognisable, then I would assume that he/she would need the patient’s consent to use the images.Assuming that any communication involving patients is “illegal” would mean that doctors would have to pretend not to have any patients, which is plain silly. “Patients? I ain’t got none of them. Sorry.”