Tips for Patients to Keep Their Telehealth Visits Private (PDF)
Understanding your rights and responsibilities for protecting your personal health information during telehealth visits.
Resource developed by the CoE-PHI which describe three key strategies that clients can use to keep conversations with healthcare providers confidential during telehealth visits.
Key Points
- By protecting communications, preparing surroundings, and protecting devices, patients can ensure their health information remains confidential while getting the health services they need during a telehealth visit.
Available in English and Spanish
See related Video resource below (“Tips for Patients to Keep Their Telehealth Visits Private”)
Type
Laws
Author
- CoE-PHI
Date
April 2020
Related Resources
Video resource developed by the CoE-PHI which describes three key strategies that clients can use to keep conversations with healthcare providers confidential during telehealth visits.
Resource developed by the CoE-PHI to assist health care providers with ensuring patient privacy when providing telehealth services in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond, including information on telehealth apps, executing consent forms and disclosing health information when a medical emergency exists.
Resource developed by the CoE-PHI to inform Part 2 programs that it is permissible to sign consent form signatures remotely, including with e-signatures.