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  • Feb 6, 2009, 05:12 PM
    Wiser
    Hippa laws
    Is it a violation of hippa if a switchboard operator tells a customer that a manager is off due to surgery. I thought these laws were directed towards health care organizations.
  • Feb 6, 2009, 05:17 PM
    ScottGem

    It would be a violation, if she got that info as a result of a medical practitioner. So it depends on how she got the info.

    It is however, not a very good move on her part.
  • Feb 6, 2009, 06:05 PM
    ScottGem

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  • Feb 7, 2009, 07:14 AM
    J_9
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Wiser View Post
    is it a violation of hippa if a switchboard operator tells a customer that a manager is off due to surgery. i thought these laws were directed towards health care organizations.

    Does the switchboard operator work at a hospital or doctor's office? If the answer to that question is no, then it is not a HIPAA violation.
  • Feb 7, 2009, 08:10 AM
    artlady

    I think if someone wanted to make a legal case out of it then perhaps they could.The operator should have been trained in certain protocols for these situations.There must be a manual at work that has the rules stated.

    I am clearly no expert.I took a medical ethics class in preparation for being a physicians assistant.Not a legal opinion.

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