View Full Version : What if you take a pic of a painet name is that hippaa?
bines98
Mar 24, 2011, 05:35 PM
What if u take a pic of a scrip name ({name removed})that it? Does that vol. hippa laws?
ScottGem
Mar 24, 2011, 05:39 PM
More of an explanation is necessary. I gather someone took a picture of a prescription. Who took the picture, why, and what was done with it?
Fr_Chuck
Mar 24, 2011, 06:07 PM
Yes, we take photos every day of patients for our files and for the work and fittings we do. We also make copies of many medical records. So who did what and what are they doing with it.
bines98
Mar 24, 2011, 06:08 PM
Its my friend... she work for a cvs pharmacy filling pills... and one of the doc sent over a scrip that they miss spell as *** name removed** that all she took at pic of the guys name that it... nothin else no info of the guy.. txt it to the pharmacies for a joke... try to figure if it hippa or not..
Fr_Chuck
Mar 24, 2011, 06:14 PM
Yes, and most likely could and will lose her job because of it, and have a hard time working in a medical setting again
She took the name of a patient and sent it out to others by text message.
Who in a pharmacy, just the one where she works, or other stores, other companies.
The drug store may have to even contact the patient and explain that info about her was released.
ScottGem
Mar 24, 2011, 06:17 PM
If the picture just showed a patient's names without what the prescription was for, it may not qualify as a violation. But if it included the details about the meds, then it definitely was. Either way its was a breach of ethics and should get her fired.
bines98
Mar 24, 2011, 06:19 PM
She sent it to one person that it...
ScottGem
Mar 24, 2011, 06:26 PM
Doesn't matter, it's a breach of ethics at the least.
ScottGem
Mar 24, 2011, 06:43 PM
Didn't you notice we have been removing the name? We won't permit you to post someone else's name. That is also a breach of ethics. It doesn't matter how amusing the name was.
bines98
Mar 24, 2011, 06:49 PM
Srry...
bines98
Mar 24, 2011, 06:59 PM
Thanks for helping me out... I understand a lot more about this...
Fr_Chuck
Mar 24, 2011, 07:22 PM
And obviously they also told you, ( unless you are the person they texted it to) and you have been posting it all over the internet ( we have been deleting the name)