电子病历引发的个人信息保护研究

Study on the Protection of Personal Information Arising from Electronic Medical Records

数字技术已经彻底改变了我们的世界,智能手机、平板电脑和支持网络的设备已经改变了我们的日常生活和沟通方式。由电子健康记录(EHR)创建的数字医疗基础架构中的信息流更大,更无缝,涵盖并利用了数字技术进步,可以改变医疗提供和补偿的方式。但同时,病历电子化也给患者医疗信息的保护带来了全新的法律挑战。加之我国存在患者医疗信息保护意识较为薄弱,立法体系不完善等问题,患者医疗信息随时面临大量的威胁。在这样的背景下,对于患者医疗信息的保护刻不容缓。

Digital technology has revolutionized our world. Smart phones, tablets and web-enabled devices have changed our daily lives and the way we communicate. Medicine is an information-rich enterprise. The flow of information in the digital healthcare infrastructure created by electronic health records (EHRs) is larger and more seamless, encompassing and leveraging digital advances that can transform the way healthcare is delivered and reimbursed. But at the same time, the electronicization of medical records also presents a whole new legal challenge to the protection of patient medical information. Coupled with the relatively weak awareness of patient medical information protection and an imperfect legislative system in China, patient medical information faces a large number of threats at any time. In this context, the protection of patients’ medical information can not be delayed.