Confidentiality and patient records
What you tell me in our sessions is protected by professional confidentiality, with certain exceptions set out in law. Here you can read how your information is protected, why I keep patient records and how you can access them.
Professional confidentiality
As a psychologist licensed in Sweden and working in private practice, I am bound by professional confidentiality under the Swedish Patient Safety Act (patientsäkerhetslagen). Your information therefore has strong protection in private healthcare too.
This means that I may not pass on information about your health or other personal circumstances without your consent or a basis in law. There are certain situations in which I am required to disclose information, for example if I suspect that a child is being harmed.
If you are under 18, what information can be shared with a legal guardian is assessed in light of your age, maturity and situation. There is no fixed age at which a young person can decide for themselves about such information.
Keeping patient records
As a psychologist licensed in Sweden, I am required to keep patient records. The records are there to contribute to good, safe care and contain the information needed for that purpose. They are stored digitally in the Kaddio patient record system.
Under the Swedish Patient Data Act (patientdatalagen), patient records must be kept for at least ten years after the last entry was made.
Your right to access your records
You have the right to ask to read or receive a copy of your patient records. Contact me so that we can verify your identity and agree on a secure way of providing them.
If you think an entry is incorrect or misleading, you can contact me. This must then be noted in the records, and any corrections are made in a way that shows what was changed, when and by whom.