4 Confidentiality

Confidentiality settings are intended to give patient portal users the ability to restrict potentially sensitive information from view by their proxies (or authorized representatives). Proxies are individuals who have legal authority to act on behalf of a patient to support their care.

The proxy relationship is established in Oracle Health Patient Access, and permissions there translate to an invitation and enrollment process to create the connection in Oracle Health Patient Portal Cloud Service.

You can configure whether patient portal users have this option available to them, and the age at which it becomes available. Different jurisdictions have different rules around confidentiality.

• Set the Minor Protected Status Age
  The minor protected status age is the age at which minors in some jurisdictions can opt to prevent their proxy from viewing certain categories of healthcare information (for example, results, documents, or vital signs).
• Set the Adult Age
  The adult age (or emancipation age) is the age when a minor legally becomes an adult. When minors reach this age, an option becomes available from the Settings menu in Oracle Health Patient Portal Cloud Service that they can use to select what information they want to restrict from their proxies.