With coronavirus containment efforts, what are the privacy rights of patients? (Q4153)
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article published on March 13, 2020
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With coronavirus containment efforts, what are the privacy rights of patients?
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article published on March 13, 2020
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13 March 2020
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Outside of mainland China, the Hong Kong government has issued tracking wristbands to families returning from Hubei province. These ensure the Department of Health is notified if the wearer leaves their home during a 14-day quarantine period.
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Similar strategies have been used in Taiwan, where smartphones have been assigned to notify police if patients are not quarantined at home. Whether the monitoring technologies turned home quarantine to “house arrest” remains debatable.
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In South Korea, officials published travel data on the 29 confirmed patients on the Ministry of Health and Welfare website compiled by aggregating data from cell phone, credit card and transit card records, as well as CCTV footage.
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Hong Kong government published a list of apartments with quarantined residents on the Department of Health’s website.
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