by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 12/20/2017 at 08:55
by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 12/20/2017 at 08:55
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I’m taking my son to a new doctor today, and filled out the check-in forms online. I thought these two provisions about the release of health records were interesting. Because zombies?
NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES: We may release your health information to authorized federal officials for lawful intelligence, counterintelligence and other national security activities authorized by law.
PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR THE PRESIDENT AND OTHERS: We may disclose your health information to authorized federal officials so they may provide protection to the President, other authorized persons or foreign heads of state or for the conduct of special investigations.
"random001" (random001)
12/20/2017 at 09:07, STARS: 1
......
what?
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
12/20/2017 at 09:09, STARS: 5
“My son is saying his ear hurts, he has a sore throat, and he wants to mail Anthrax to the president. What do you think, doc?”
“That’s perfectly normal.”
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
12/20/2017 at 09:11, STARS: 6
I would cross that shit out and initial it.
"Rico" (ricorich)
12/20/2017 at 09:15, STARS: 2
He’ll just need plenty of fluids!
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/20/2017 at 09:30, STARS: 2
Seriously. That’s ridiculous.
"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
12/20/2017 at 09:35, STARS: 2
Sort of related rant, but I am going in to the doctor tomorrow and got this message:
“Patients should arrive 15 minutes prior to their appointment time. [...] New patients should arrive 20 minutes prior to their appointment time.”
So... why don’t you just make all appointments 15 minutes earlier?
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/20/2017 at 09:45, STARS: 2
And in return, you’ll be lucky if the doctor shows up only 15 minutes *after* your appointment time.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
12/20/2017 at 09:46, STARS: 2
That’s the standard message at my doc’s office. I say eff that noise. I’ll show up right on time, because I’m going to be sitting in the waiting room for at least 10 minutes, and then once I’m in the back I will sit for at least 10 more. That’s plenty of time to sign a form or two.
"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
12/20/2017 at 09:59, STARS: 1
True story! I’ve waited at a different doctors office (with like... seven other people) for an hour before I was sheepishly informed he was “on his way”. (To be fair to the doctor he was the specialist on call at the ER so best laid plans, etc)
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
12/20/2017 at 10:10, STARS: 0
There are national security exemptions in HIPAA. Your doc is just letting you know that.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
12/20/2017 at 10:12, STARS: 0
HIPAA contains exemptions for matters of national security. It doesn’t matter if you don’t sign off, the form is just letting you know your records can be shared without your consent in certain circumstances.
"Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
12/20/2017 at 10:14, STARS: 0
The good old Patriot Act at work. the USA Patriot Act trumps HIPAA. While it may not have stood out in the past, it’s been in place for a while. It appears now that Doctor’s offices are beginning to notify patients that this is a thing.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
12/20/2017 at 10:35, STARS: 1
Like any good American I never read the HIPAA form. I just sign it because I want my sinus infection to go away.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/20/2017 at 10:40, STARS: 1
Yeah, if he’s on call at the ER, he can get dragged away on an emergency - - but a lot of times when that happens I’m just scratching my head as to why.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/20/2017 at 11:03, STARS: 0
Did you know that USA Patriot Act is an acronym, or perhaps more appropriately, a backronym. It stands for “ U niting and S trengthening A merica by P roviding A ppropriate T ools R equired to I ntercept and O bstruct T errorism Act of 2001.
I have seen language like this before, but never referring to the POTUS or other generic world leaders. It’s hard to imagine what my colonoscopy results would be used for.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/20/2017 at 11:04, STARS: 0
I know. I’ve just never seen reference to POTUS before.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/20/2017 at 11:06, STARS: 1
My son’s appointment is at 2:00 (last minute, kind of an emergency, only time we could get before January), and he doesn’t get out of school until 1:15 today after exams. I told the appointment person that we might be a couple minutes late, and I got the speech about being more than 10 minutes late and having to reschedule. I told her that I don’t appreciate that at all, since I routinely sit and wait for the doctor 3o minutes after my appointment time simply because he/she has taken too many patients. It’s BS.
"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
12/20/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 1
I’d be more than glad to show the POTUS the results of my colonoscopy. As long as he’s not the one performing it.
"Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
12/20/2017 at 14:31, STARS: 0
I’ve assumed it was, but never looked it up. I’m not sure there’s a government act/order/etc that isn’t some form of hackneyed acronym.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/20/2017 at 14:59, STARS: 0
They used to call them by their resolution number. But the age of the sound byte and marketing meant that they all started getting fancy names.