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Re: question about dr/patient confidentialityFrom: Abby (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:56:05 -0500 (CDT)
At Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Anonymous1 wrote: > >At Fri, 25 Apr 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >> >>a few weeks ago I was having a really bad stomach ache while at dinner >>with my mother and it got so bad that she took me to the ER. When the >>dr came in to talk to me he had already pulled my file, he asked what >>the problem was and when I began to tell him he looked at my file and >>blurted out "you know that the herpes culture you had taken 2 weeks ago >>came back positive?" I just sat there almost in shock because not only >>were there still 2 other nurses in the room but my mother was there too, >>and I am 21 years old so it's not like my mother has to talk to my drs >>about my health. so my question is was that a violation of the >>dr/patient confidentiality? since we were only discussing what was wrong >>at that time and we had not even started an exam of any type, and my gyn >>had already given me the results of the HPV culture when they came back. > >I believe it's a question of timing- The HIPAA law went into effect April 14, and I think this incident happened before that. While I'm not an expert yet on HIPAA,I think this would be a violation of HIPAA. I would call the appropriate compliance officer at the hospital.
-- abby
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