C — Positioning Modules
Selective Disclosure & Minimum Necessary Release
The distinguishing characteristic of the CareBand patent position is that release is evaluated at attribute level rather than record level. Two people may open the same resident and legitimately see different information.
Illustrative CareBand policy model — not a representation of current Regis behaviour.
Purpose of request
Assisting with a morning shower and dressing
Released
- Name
- Photograph
- Room or address
- Allergies
- Mobility status
- Communication needs
- Behavioural supports
Suppressed
- Date of birth
- Medications
- Diagnoses
- Dietary requirements
- Mental health notes
- Emergency contacts
- Advance care directive
- Billing details
- Full clinical notes
Why this matters commercially
- Minimum necessary release is a stated privacy obligation, not merely a preference.
- Attribute-level control reduces breach exposure across a large distributed workforce.
- Suppression decisions are recordable, which supports governance and regulatory review.
- De-identified or aggregate release enables analytics without exposing identifiable data.
Record-level access asks who may open the file. Attribute-level determination asks what this person, for this purpose, at this moment, actually needs to see.