title: Medical records confidentiality.
abstract: Laws defining the physician's duty of confidentiality vary from state to state. Legal and ethical requirements may not be the same for all specialties. Advances in information technology threaten the patient's right to medical records' privacy. Physicians must take the lead in preserving that right.
authors: McCabe & Mack, LLP, Poughkeepsie, New York 12602, USA.
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Rutberg
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D030881:Disclosure; D035082:Federal Government; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence