Pembukaan Rahasia Medis Pasien Covid-19 Sebagai Implementasi Di Era New Normal Dalam Pelayanan Kesehatan (original) (raw)

2021, Mendapo: Journal of Administrative Law

In this modern era, all things are suitable for consumption, including health information. In health services, it is known that there are patient medical secrets, patient medical secrets containing personal health data of a person including information that is exempt from being disclosed to the public. However, in a pandemic situation like now all information in the health sector is needed to overcome the spread of the Covid-19 virus, in this case, information about a person's medical secrets is no exception. From this article, it can be seen that it turns out that a person's medical secrets can be disclosed to the public, this is done as a form of government efforts to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The Law on Health and Medical Practice provides an exception to the confidentiality of patient data if it is related to the public interest so that Patient confidentiality can be disclosed to the public. However, the disclosure of medical secrets of Covid-19 patients is only limited to complete identities such as names and addresses as a condition for knowing the patient's contact tracing, while regarding the history of the disease that has been experienced by patients, it remains the domain of private law between patients and health service providers, so it is not justified. for the general public to disseminate information about the medical history of Covid-19 patients.