Statement 'the use of patient-related information in medical research and the health system'

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Central Ethics Commission of the German Medical Association

Abstract

Patient-related information is regularly recorded in surgeries and hospitals. The health system produces such 'person-related health data' in astronomical numbers. Millions of data are entered into and processed by the computing systems of many different institutions. They are used for the treatment of patients and the calculation of health fund benefits and in addition, given a systematic and methodologically controlled evaluation, they can be used to detect health risks, assess more accurately the consequences of risks and diseases, compare the benefits of different therapies, or rank health care goals. Since health data are person-related their recording and use are subject to the consent of the person in question. Besides, the information which the patient provides or which is established regarding the patient, is protected by the confidentiality to which all doctors are held; if it is passed on to calculate health benefits it is protected by the confidentiality of social security data. Beyond this moral and legal protection the use of person-related health data requires explicit legal justification. In view of the multitude of uses which the current level of data processing affords, no legal regulation can determine every ...Continue Reading

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