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Curious about medical confidentiality

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  • 13-10-2020 2:00pm
    #1
    Promenade
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi there. Someone I know who is working as a doctor abroad made a few comments recently and it got me wondering about medical privacy of information in Ireland.

    1. Can a doctor in another practice access medical information that is held by your doctor without your permission? Officially or unofficially?

    2. In situations where you are getting online analysis & prescriptions by registered doctors (online pharmacies etc), does your regular GP/any other GP have access to this?

    3. If you go to hospital, who is your medical info accessible by? Presumably by anyone with access rights within that hospital, but is there a centralised database for this info – can a doctor within another hospital access this information (or even any GP)?

    4. Similarly for dentists, can any dentist access the information held by another dentist – any centralised database for this information?

    Many thanks


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