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    Nov 5, 2008, 02:42 PM
    Hipaa violation
    Discussing with another physician a clinical case in the nurse/doctors area without mentioning patient name, is it considered HIPAA violation?
    What if the same patient overhead it and recognized his/her case?

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    Nov 6, 2008, 10:40 AM

    No, not considered a violation because health professionals can do that without mentioned names. That is how they communicate cases and network the care planning. If the patient overheard, I guess he/she would have a hard time proving they were talking about his/her case.
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    Nov 6, 2008, 12:16 PM

    No, first no name was talked about, second other medical professionals can talk about cases among thierelf
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    Oct 19, 2009, 02:26 PM
    I need help! The pharmacy I use has violated the HIPAA law can I sue them
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    Oct 19, 2009, 02:38 PM

    Andrea, you have already posted your question so you do not need to tag onto someone else's. You posted in the area for someone to ANSWER not ask another question.
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    Oct 19, 2009, 05:48 PM

    Andrea, your question was asked and answered - continuing to post the same question with no additional info is not going to give you different answers.
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    Jul 7, 2010, 07:02 PM
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    You cannot sue for violations of the Hippa law, if you report them and they find that they did break the hippa law they will be given a fine.

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