Regulating online medical records in Malaysia: confidentiality of information / Mohd Shazmeer Zamhari ...[et al.]

• Main Authors: Zamhari, Mohd Shazmeer, Baharuddin, Nur Elissa, Samad, Nurul Atikah, Mohd Noh, Siti Nurfadzilah
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Neural networks (Computer science). Data processing; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32162/1/32162.PDF; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32162/

Medical confidentiality is a familiar issue in the medical world. The general common law duty is, it is imposed on a doctor to respect the patient's confidence bestowed upon them, as was seen in the case of Stephens v. Avery} Disclosure of confidential information is part of the legal process....