TY - JOUR
T1 - Confidentiality in the Care of Adolescents
T2 - Technical Report
AU - COMMITTEE ON ADOLESCENCE, COMMITTEE ON PRACTICE & AMBULATORY MEDICINE
AU - Chung, Richard J.
AU - Lee, Janet B.
AU - Hackell, Jesse M.
AU - Alderman, Elizabeth M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2024 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
PY - 2024/5/1
Y1 - 2024/5/1
N2 - Confidentiality is a foundational element of high-quality, accessible, and equitable health care. Despite strong grounding in federal and state laws, professional guidelines, and ethical standards, health care professionals and adolescent patients face a range of complexities and barriers to seeking and providing confidential care to adolescents across different settings and circumstances. The dynamic needs of adolescents, the oftentimes competing interests of key stakeholders, the rapidly evolving technological context of care, and variable health care billing and claims requirements are all important considerations in understanding how to optimize care to focus on and meet the needs of the adolescent patient. The following assessment of the evolving evidence base offers a view of the current state and best practices while pointing to numerous unmet needs and opportunities for improvement in the care experiences of youth as well as their health outcomes.
AB - Confidentiality is a foundational element of high-quality, accessible, and equitable health care. Despite strong grounding in federal and state laws, professional guidelines, and ethical standards, health care professionals and adolescent patients face a range of complexities and barriers to seeking and providing confidential care to adolescents across different settings and circumstances. The dynamic needs of adolescents, the oftentimes competing interests of key stakeholders, the rapidly evolving technological context of care, and variable health care billing and claims requirements are all important considerations in understanding how to optimize care to focus on and meet the needs of the adolescent patient. The following assessment of the evolving evidence base offers a view of the current state and best practices while pointing to numerous unmet needs and opportunities for improvement in the care experiences of youth as well as their health outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2024-066327
DO - 10.1542/peds.2024-066327
M3 - Article
C2 - 38646698
AN - SCOPUS:85192028003
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 153
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 5
M1 - e2024066327
ER -