Your Advocate Online

Introduction To the Confidentiality Series

by Dr. John Riolo

.The most common danger to patient confidentiality is the therapist him or herself. While this is not to minimize other dangers such as insurance companies and threats of subpoena court orders etc. it is still the therapist’s lack of knowledge regarding the risks of confidentiality issues that poses the greatest danger to breaching a consumers privacy. Example: therapists’ use of the Internet. 

Psychjourney and Your Advocate Online conducted a series on Unintentional Breaches of Patient Confidentiality. We interviewed �clinicians, educators, ethicists and lawyers and attempted to get all points of view. It is an ongoing series. If you have a point of view or are interested in participating or would like to offer comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnr@psychjourney.com.