Basic Patient Privacy Consents
The Basic Patient Privacy Consents (BPPC) profile provides a mechanism to record the patient privacy consent(s), a method to mark documents published to XDS with the patient privacy consent that was used to authorize the publication, and a method for XDS Consumers to use to enforce the privacy consent appropriate to the use.
Summary
The Basic Patient Privacy Consents (BPPC) profile provide mechanisms to:
- Record the patient privacy consent(s),
- Mark documents published to XDS with the patient privacy consent that was used to authorize the publication,
- Enforce the privacy consent appropriate to the use.
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Benefits
An Affinity Domain can
- develop privacy policies,
- and implement them with role-based or other access control mechanisms supported by EHR systems.
A patient can
- Be made aware of an institutions privacy policies.
- Have an opportunity to selectively control access to their healthcare information.
Details
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Systems Affected
- EHR System
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See Also
Profile Status: Trial Implementation
The Patient Care Coordination Technical Framework is the official master document for this Profile.
The BPPC FAQ answers typical questions about what the Profile does.
The BPPC Purchasing describes considerations when purchasing equipment to deploy this Profile.
The BPPC Implementation provides additional information about implementing this Profile in software.
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