[dsc]

"Our docs used to talk about all the new technologies which pose a threat to patient confidentiality."

I really don't get why I should care about patient confidentiality.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Patient confidentiality is privacy. Your health problems are between you and your doctor, no one else. Insurance companies should be on a need to know basis.

Within the hospital setting, confidentiality is breached mostly through carelessness. This might result in nothing more than gossip which spreads outside the hospital setting. Beyond that the issue is much more serious. If the government, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, etc can access your records, all the information can be used against you. The government, particularly one moving towards socialism, does not need to know any of your personal business. No good can come from it.

[Polycarp IV]

I really don't get why I should care about patient confidentiality.

I can walk into a hospital and read a patient's chart and get more than enough info to steal their identity, figure out their relative income, go to their home to rob it while they are sick in the hospital, figure out what meds I can rob from their medicine cabinet to sell on the street, blackmail them using mental health or STD history, etc.

patient confidentiality is crucial. Protect yours at all costs.