MINUTES OF
THE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY MEETING
HELD ON 25
January 2001 at 12h30 at QEDI, Block Q, PQ Park, 791 16th Road,
Halfway House
Jean le Roux QEDI jean@qedi.co.za 011 266 6317
Hester Huysamen SASP huysamen@icon.co.za 012 807 0601
Lyn Hanmer MRC lyn.hanmer@mrc.ac.za 021 938 0343
Glenda de Beer SAMA glendadb@samedical.org 012 481 2027
Rowan Hutchinson Medikredit rowan@iafrica.co.za 082 566 7445
Carmen Coetzee Dept
Health Coetzc@health.gov.za 083 295 2222
Henriette Nortje QEDI henriette@qedi.co.za 011 266 6370
René van Aswegen QEDI rene@qedi.co.za 011 266 5388
Alice du Toit QEDI alice@qedi.co.za 011 266 5067
Elna Jooste OTASA ejooste@netactive.co.za 011 954 3626
Ann Govindasamy Liberty Elizabeth.govindasamy@liberty.co.za 408 1567
Agnes Mogalobe QUALSA agnesm@qualsa.co.za 011 777 8000
Delly Mogari Liberty delly.mogari@liberty.co.za 011 408 1436
1.
Welcome
Jean
le Roux welcomed everyone present and thanked Henriette Nortje for her services
on this committee. René van Aswegen (QEDI) will be our secretariat.
2.
Previous
Minutes
3.
Identified
Concerns
Hester Huysamen stressed that not
only are the patients confidentially a concern but also that of the service
providers. She is concerned that funders are using clinical information linked
it to financial information. Braam Volschenk advised that funders may only use
information with the consent of a service provider. Elna Jooste raised the
question on why funders only recommend service providers claiming scale of
benefit. This will be discussed at the next meeting
4. Patient
Confidentiality
Document presented by Braam
Volschenk on patient confidentiality, access to patient information and the use
of the information. The document contains information on the following:
o
Child Care Act.
o
Aged Persons Act.
o
Medical Schemes Act.
o
Ethical
provisions.
o
International References
Interested parties are invited to our next meeting to discuss issues such as obtaining consent to use patient information, whether identifiable data or not, as well as the confidentiality of information of service providers. Confidentiality issues need to be researched and guidelines drafted
4.
Date of
next meeting
Next meeting to be
held on 19 April 2001.