Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA?
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Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA?
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Re: Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA?
#2This is why "code is law" as a crypto meme was a little silly. Law is often intentionally flexible!
Re: Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA?
#3Car dealership customers are always worried about their data. And rightfully so.
The typical car salesman has 15 credit applications in his desk, 5 in his car in some folders he forgot about, 1 in the trash can he accidentally crinkled up instead of putting in the shred box. The managers office is even worse. The finance guys office is even worse. The 'business office' is half decent because the GM/owner is up there often.
On a side note, my friend subleased an office from a medical nurse temp agency/employment agency.
When he arrived (I helped him move in), there were thousands of unsecured files with people's socials and all info needed to get a job in file cabinets.
The office had cleaning service every night from a random cleaning company.
Re: Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA?
#4Because that would be unreasonable and impractical.
Next question please.
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#5It is legal because you are agreeing to it. Otherwise get up and leave.
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#6Because health privacy is not ALWAYS HIPAA. In fact, it's almost never HIPAA... except for the fact that some Karen's learned the term HIPAA and now they think it's always HIPAA [1].
Unless it's digital health record-related, then it's probably HIPAA.
If you're really curious, you can read HIPAA [2] and HITECH [3]. Combined, they are about 600 pages of dense dense legalese.
[1] https://www.hipaajournal.com/is-it-a-hipaa-violation-to-ask-... [2] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ191/pdf/PLAW... [3] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-1...
Re: Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA?
#7Why do the paper thin walls between exam rooms at my doctor's office that allow me to hear entire conversations while I am waiting (and waiting) not violate HIPAA?
Re: Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA?
#8This is why "code is law" as a crypto meme was a little silly. Law is often intentionally flexible!
Meh, just one more if() needs to be added :)
Re: Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA?
#9Because by walking into the hospital, you already gave away the info to any bystander. And all variations thereof.
Re: Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA?
#10It is legal because you are agreeing to it. Otherwise get up and leave.
You can't agree to OHSA violations, or to a sub-minimum wage. A hospital conditioning treatment on a HIPAA waiver having been signed will quickly find itself the subject of regulatory scrutiny.
I went to war with a doctors' office that claimed their non-compete clause meant I couldn't transfer my medical records to a doctor who'd left the practice I wanted to follow.