© 2002 British Journal of Sports Medicine
LEADER
Medical records
Who owns the information?
South Sydney Sports Medicine, 111 Anzac Parade, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Orchard;
johnorchard@msn.com.au
Databases of injuries in professional sport are valuable resources which should not suffer confidentiality restraints
Keywords: medical records; databases; injury records; confidentiality
When a doctor sees a patient and makes a medical record, there is potential for a dispute as to the relative rights that the doctor and patient have over this stored piece of information. The issue becomes more complicated when a third party such as an insurance company is involved. What about when more than ten parties are involved? How about when a professional sporting competition and a sponsor, on the advice of a research panel, pay a consultant to collect information from salaried team doctors and an insurance company on injuries that occurred to athletes at specific venues in the competition, and, as a result, the information is published in a medical journal and finally reported in the lay press? Is any of this information confidential? Can any of the listed parties object to the release of a report on the basis of their "ownership" of part
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