The threatened erosion of privacy in healthcare and the search for a "cure": Pursuing a legal framework for health information privacy in ehealth and telemedicine

• Main Author: Razon, Arvin Kristopher A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Medical records—Law and legislation—Philippines; Data privacy—Philippines; Data protection—Philippines; Health Information Technology; Telemedicine
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11354
• Institution: De La Salle University

The advances of electronic technology in the field of healthcare has placed the privacy of health information in a precarious position. More people and entities can gain access to the patient's health information. The right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution applies only to state actors, but private players have substantial participation in how health information is processed. Remedies based on tort are limited to right to damages. Evidentiary rules on doctor-patient privilege are likewise limited for evidentiary purposes. This paper argues that health information is protected by the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and falls under the classification of sensitive personal information given utmost protection by the Act.