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Confidentiality and Ethics

Sharing information in interdisciplinary practices is a complicated issue and one that medical-legal partnerships are constantly revisiting.  Below are resources that may help guide your partnership’s discussion of these issues.

The Lawyer is In: Why Some Doctors are Prescribing Legal Remedies for Their Patients, and How the Legal Profession Can Support This Effort. Boston University Public Interest Law Journal. Spring/Summer 2003. Tames P, Tremblay P, Wagner T, Lawton E & Smith L.
Article discusses the ethical concerns of multidisciplinary practice and explores solutions for overcoming the barriers resulting from sharing restricted information.

Introductory Frequently Asked Questions Regarding HIPAA, Privilege and Confidentiality in the Medical-Legal Partnership Model

Paper authored by McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP and MLPC | Boston which addresses a number of common questions regarding MLP Site operations, describes the principal legal considerations for each, and makes a number of general recommendations.