Navigating the mental health records maze in pretrial litigation.

2019 ◽  
pp. 69-88
Author(s):  
Robert D. Merrill
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Records

scholarly journals Trajectories of dementia-related cognitive decline in a large mental health records derived patient cohort

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. e0178562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Baker ◽  
Ehtesham Iqbal ◽  
Caroline Johnston ◽  
Matthew Broadbent ◽  
Hitesh Shetty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Patient Cohort

Content analysis of nursing diagnoses in mental health records in Portugal

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.D.B. Gonçalves ◽  
C.A.C. Sequeira ◽  
M.A.T.C.P. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Nursing Diagnoses

Let’s Show Patients Their Mental Health Records

JAMA ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 311 (13) ◽  
pp. 1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Kahn ◽  
Sigall K. Bell ◽  
Jan Walker ◽  
Tom Delbanco
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Records

Privacy and Access to Electronic Health Records

2011 ◽  
pp. 1997-2005
Author(s):  
Dick Whiddett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Hippocratic Oath ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Correct Treatment ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Release Of Information ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

The special relationship of trust that needs to exist between a patient and his or her physician has been recognized since the origins of the profession, and the need for doctors to keep confidential any information disclosed to them is codified in the Hippocratic Oath. A distinctive feature of the health records which arises from this relationship is the intimate nature of the information that they may contain; consequently, it is vitally important to maintain the confidentiality of the records and to protect the privacy of the patients. Privacy has long been recognized as a fundamental right in most western societies (Westin, 2003), and unless a patient can be sure that personal information will not be distributed against his or her wishes, the patient may be reluctant to disclose information that may in fact be crucial to his or her correct treatment (Ford, Bearman, & Moody, 1999; NZHIS, 1995), or he or she may refrain from seeking treatment (Sankar, Moran, Merz, & Jones, 2003). This is particularly true when health records contain sensitive information concerning issues like drug and alcohol problems, sexual behavior, mental health, or a genetic predisposition towards certain diseases. In such circumstances, the consequences of the inappropriate release of information could be extensive and might impact on many aspects of a person’s life, such as the ability to gain employment, to maintain a marriage, or to obtain loans or life insurance (Chadwick, 1999; Woodward, 1995).

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