What Patient Privacy Settings controls
Patient Privacy Settings is where an Administrator configures clinic-wide privacy and consent behavior for patient records. It's restricted to Administrators because it affects how patient data is handled across the whole clinic.
What you'll learn
- Who can access Patient Privacy Settings
- What kind of options this page controls
- How patient record access is tracked for accountability
The Patient Privacy Settings page, showing clinic-wide privacy and consent configuration options.
Accessing this page
Go to Settings > Patient Privacy. This page is only visible to Administrators.
Access is logged
Patient record access is logged Every view, edit, export, and print of a patient record is tracked separately in ClinyPal's audit trail, which supports your clinic's accountability requirements. See the Audit Log report article for the full details on what's tracked and how to review it.
Audit Log (Reports > Compliance)
Read the full explanation of what's logged, who can view the log, and how to filter it for an audit.
Frequently asked questions
This page is only shown to Administrators. If your role isn't Administrator, it won't appear in your sidebar.
Yes, that's tracked in the Audit Log rather than on this settings page — see the Audit Log article for how to filter and review it.
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