首页
登录
职称英语
Behind the brewing war over protecting patients’ records in an age of HMOs and
Behind the brewing war over protecting patients’ records in an age of HMOs and
游客
2024-12-31
11
管理
问题
Behind the brewing war over protecting patients’ records in an age of HMOs and online medicine.
Technology is a two-edged sword. Rarely is this as clear as it is in the realm of health care. Technology allows doctors to test their patients for generic defects--and then to turn around and spread the results throughout the world via the Internet. For someone in need of treatment, that’s good news. But for someone in search of a job or an insurance policy, the ridings can be all bad.
Last week President Bill Clinton proposed a corollary to the patients’ bill of rights now before Congress: a right to medical privacy. Beginning In 2002, under rules set to become law in February, patients would be able to stipulate the conditions under which their personal medical data could be divulged. They would be able to examine their records and make corrections. They could learn who else had seen the information. Improper use of records by a caregiver or insurer could result in both civil and criminal penalties. The plan was, said Clinton, "an unprecedented step toward putting Americans back in control of their own medical records."
While the administration billed the rules as an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of consumers and those of the health-care industry, neither doctors nor insurance companies were happy. The doctors said the rides could actually erode privacy, pointing to a prevision allowing managed-care plans to use personal in- formation without consent if the purpose was "health-care operations." That, physicians said, was a loophole through which HMOs and other insurers could pry into the doctor-patient relationship, in the name of assessing the quality of care. Meanwhile, the insurers protested that the rules would make them vulnerable to lawsuits. They were especially disturbed by a provision holding them liable for privacy breaches by "business partners" such as lawyers and accountants. Both groups agreed that privacy protections would drive up the cost of health care by at least an additional $ 3.8 billion, and maybe much more, over the next five years. They also complained about the increased level of federal scrutiny required by the new rules’ enforcement provisions.
One aim of the rules is to reassure patients about confidentiality, thereby encouraging them to be open with their doctors. Today various cancers and sexually transmitted diseases can go untreated because patients are afraid of embarrassment or of losing insurance coverage. The fear is real: Clinton aides noted that a January poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates found that one in six U.S. adults had at some time done something unusual to conceal medical information, such as paying cash for services. [br] The author begins his article with "technology is a two-edged sword" to ______.
选项
A、show that doctor’s improper use of technology can end up in bad results
B、call on people’ s attention to the potential danger technology can bring to us
C、warn of the harm patients are prone to suffer
D、show the advantages and disadvantages of technology
答案
A
解析
推理题。文章以医生利用先进的互联网技术传播病人医疗信息会有助于治疗某些病人的疾病,但同时又给一些病人在就业和购买保险方面带来困难为例说明保护病人医疗信息的重要性,以及不当使用技术可能带来的不良后果。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3892773.html
相关试题推荐
Shoulddoctorseverlietobenefittheirpatients--tospeedrecoveryortoco
[originaltext]Interviewer:Richard,you’reoneofVirginia’spatients.Richard:
[originaltext]Interviewer:Richard,you’reoneofVirginia’spatients.Richard:
[originaltext]Interviewer:Richard,you’reoneofVirginia’spatients.Richard:
Shoulddoctorseverlietobenefittheirpatients—tospeedrecoveryortocon
Shoulddoctorseverlietobenefittheirpatients—tospeedrecoveryortocon
Behindthebrewingwaroverprotectingpatients’recordsinanageofHMOsand
Behindthebrewingwaroverprotectingpatients’recordsinanageofHMOsand
Behindthebrewingwaroverprotectingpatients’recordsinanageofHMOsand
[originaltext]UnitedNationsrecordsshowpeopletheworldoveraregettingo
随机试题
[audioFiles]2017m5s/audio_ezfj_186_201705[/audioFiles]VolcanoesAvolca
Povertyexistsbecauseoursocietyisanunequalone,andtherearepowerful
支付结算的原则包括()。A.恪守信用,履约付款 B.先收后付,收要抵用 C.
依据变电检修管理规定,国家电网公司安全监察质量部需要履行哪些职责()(A)负
截至2015年底,中国创业投资各类机构数已达1775家,同比增长14.4%。其中
招标人和中标人应当自中标通知书发出之日起30日内,按照()订立书面合同。A.招标
风险预警的()是指经过风险预警及风险处置过程后,对风险预警的结果进行科学的评价
根据车辆购置税的有关规定,下列各项中,属于车辆购置税纳税义务人的是()。A.进
最基本的光纤通信系统由()组成。A.光信号源 B.光功率计 C.光发射机
根据《水利水电工程合理使用年限及耐久性设计规范》SL654-2014,下列环境条
最新回复
(
0
)