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    Wag56 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 11, 2013, 12:10 PM
    Hippa at work
    My daughter was out of work and in the hospital. Her manager told an emloyee in another business what was wrong with my daughter without her permission.
    Isn't this a violation of her privacy?
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    Mar 11, 2013, 12:12 PM
    Privacy, possibly, HIPPA, no.
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    Mar 11, 2013, 12:26 PM
    HIPAA protects patients from having their medical diagnosis and treatment revealed by a medical practitioner to a third party without their permission.

    Your daughter's manager was not providing her with medical care was he? I assume he found out from your daughter.

    Which this may have been a breach of privacy and ethics, it has nothing to do with HIPAA and is probably not actionable.
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