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  • Mar 24, 2011, 05:35 PM
    bines98
    What if u take a pic of a painet name is that hippaa?
    What if u take a pic of a scrip name ({name removed})that it? Does that vol. hippa laws?
  • Mar 24, 2011, 05:39 PM
    ScottGem

    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?
  • Mar 24, 2011, 06:07 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    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.
  • Mar 24, 2011, 06:08 PM
    bines98
    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..
  • Mar 24, 2011, 06:14 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    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.
  • Mar 24, 2011, 06:17 PM
    ScottGem

    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.
  • Mar 24, 2011, 06:19 PM
    bines98
    She sent it to one person that it...
  • Mar 24, 2011, 06:26 PM
    ScottGem

    Doesn't matter, it's a breach of ethics at the least.
  • Mar 24, 2011, 06:43 PM
    ScottGem

    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.
  • Mar 24, 2011, 06:49 PM
    bines98
    Srry...
  • Mar 24, 2011, 06:59 PM
    bines98
    Thanks for helping me out... I understand a lot more about this...
  • Mar 24, 2011, 07:22 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    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)

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