突发公共卫生事件中患者隐私权保护的完善建议

Suggestions on Improving the Privacy Protection of Patients in Public Health Emergencies

突发公共卫生事件严重影响社会公众健康,其处理情况、管控措施及应急手段等信息的发布既是保障公众知情权的需要,也是尽快消除事件危害、保障人民生命健康的需要。涉及患者隐私的信息采集、使用及处理,应当从保障信息提供者知情权、正当化信息发布渠道、关注个人信息脱敏、确保信息使用的限制原则以及重视数据安全性的角度充分保障患者隐私权。最大限度地降低公民隐私权保护和社会公众利益的冲突,使公众充分信任和配合公权部门,以实现个人自由与社会公益的双赢。

Public health emergencies have a serious impact on the public health.The release of information such asits handling situation,handling control measures and emergency strategies is not only necessary to protect the public’s right to know,but also necessary to eliminate the hazards of emergencies as soon as possible and protect people’s lives and health.The collection,use and processing of information related to patients’privacy,patient privacy should be fully protected from the perspective of safeguarding the information provider’s right to know,legitimizing information distribution channels,paying attention to the desensitization of personal information,ensuring limitation principle of information use,and attach importance to data security.The conflict between the protection of citizens’privacy and the interests of the public should be minimized,so that the public can fully trust and cooperate with the public authorities,so as to achieve a win-win situation between individual freedom and social public interests.