I went to a new doctor last week for a hand issue, and when the nurse left the room, my medical chart was left open on the computer screen. There, in a 2 inch by 1 inch block in the top, right corner in large, bold letters, it said PATIENT REFUSED. I always figured my refusal of the jab was displayed somewhere because I could always tell the doctor’s reaction to me. But the size of this literally screamed to any doctor that I had not complied. I almost felt violated with the size emphasis to make sure no medical person ever misses that I bucked their order. It fully taints any trust or relationship I have or could have with that medical person.
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Nope- it pertains to anybody in the waiting room not being able to hear a first AND last name together-- ANY PERSONAL IDENTIFIEABLE DATA is under HIPPA- as sales rep in hospitals, labs and physician offices, this is made VERY clear and training/affidavits of training are mandatory for ALL who are near PHI, to include janitors
I already said I KNOW you are trained that way.
But you are trained WRONG.
It is NOT a part of HIPAA. You are told that, but that is to scare you (not such a bad idea, probably).
HIPAA is a law and like all laws, it has SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. And ONLY that language is "the law."
Not that I trust the CDC for anything, but a quick search online (something MOST people in your profession will never do on their own, which is a big part of the problem) ... comes up with this link near the top:
https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/hipaa.html
HIPAA was passed in 1996 -- before the internet was a thing. People were snail mailing and faxing things back then.
They created this to protect those "electronic transmissions of health information," when a hospital or clinic sent health records via electronic data to a health insurance company to be paid for health care services (a transaction).
That is what HIPAA is.
Everybody in your field is TOLD that it is much more than that, but technically, it is not.
Your organization SHOULD have its own internal policies for these things that extend beyond transmitting data electronically ... BUT POLICIES ARE NOT LAW.
There are also exceptions to HIPAA, where even the law itself does not apply to that limited issue.
You can read it yourself.
Look up the statute to read it yourself.
Just understand, all of your training on this is WRONG. It is done to SCARE you so you will not disclose anything (which is good, anyway). The people training you ALSO do not know that what they are saying is wrong, most likely.
That, in a nutshell, IS the American medical industry today ... sadly.