Cognition and Practice on Medical Information Protection of Iudustrial Health Care Manager of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.
- Author:
Soo Jin JEONG
1
;
Min KIM
;
Chae Kwan LEE
;
Chang Hee LEE
;
Byung Chul SON
;
Dae Hwan KIM
;
Jeong Ho KIM
;
Jong Tae LEE
;
Goo Rak CHANG
;
Ki Hun HONG
;
Chun Hui SUH
Author Information
1. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - Institute of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea. chsuh@paik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Medical information protection;
Industrial health care manager;
Group occupational health service
- MeSH:
Cognition;
Complement System Proteins;
Computer Security;
Delivery of Health Care;
Humans;
Hypogonadism;
Mitochondrial Diseases;
Occupational Health;
Occupational Health Services;
Ophthalmoplegia;
Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2011;23(1):53-63
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: This research aimed to know the actual condition and problems of medical information protection at a workplace with the target of industrial health care managers of small and medium-sized enterprises. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was given to industrial health-care managers of 216 enterprises from March 15 to May 17, 2010. The questionnaire was produced by referring to the Act on Personal Information Protection of Public Institutions, etc. This research evaluated agreement of cognition and practice according to 10 items of medical information protection using kappa and cross-analysis of significant factors between cognition and practice of medical information protection and general characteristics. RESULTS: Cognition about medical information protection appeared to be 85.4-97.1% and its practice appeared to be 44.1-95.3%, so practice was lower than cognition. In addition, the agreement of cognition and practice appeared significantly low (kappa 0.082-0.387). The practice of medical information protection tended to be lower when the managers were older and held a higher job title. Health examination results were being delivered only to workers except for an employer (94.2%), but there were many industrial health-care managers who felt discomfort about their work in group occupational health-care systems (58.1%). CONCLUSIONS: The practice of protecting medical information by industrial health-care managers was clearly lower than the cognition. Therefore, introduction of educational programs about personal information protection and provision of an independent place for group occupational health care service is urgent. In addition, in order to use the health examination results conveniently in group occupational health services, an institutional complement is necessary.
