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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

HIPAA is another interesting item that came out the brainless ones in DC. 
Sort of.  It seems Congress had "x" number of years to pass legislation and 
they didn't, so some agency did.  Go figure.

Part of this was in response to folks like the Enquirer and stalkers. 
They'd phone hospitals or even brassly walk in and get all the info they 
wanted.

Lynda
The press corp is fact-adverse but very fable friendly.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>


Definitelypost 2003.

They didn't say anything over the telephone. They don't even give pateint 
condition over phone.

Actually, I don't really think many are following HIPPA. Everytime I've been 
in the ER, or family has been in the hospital etc,,,,,,,,, all of the staff, 
doctors, nurses, techs have kept immediate family informed, but only in 
person.

My daughter almost died about 11 months after my son died. She was mostly 
unconscious for the first 24 hrs, and in and out off it for the next week. 
The ER staff needed a lot of medical history from me, and kept me constantly 
informed of the emergency diagnostic tests they were performing and the 
results as they came in. It took 4 days to diagnose. They even requested 
that a family member be at her side 24/7.

I can tell you after losing a son, if they had been following HIPPA and not 
telling me the status of my daughter there would have been serious problems. 
I probably would have been arrested. Actually in Miami with all the latins, 
I can easily imagine there would be a serious civil unrest problem if they 
refused to inform family members of what is going on. Riot would be an 
understatement !

Even out here, same thing. I take parents to docs/hospital.... all staff has 
kept me 100% informed.

If HIPPA prevents that, HIPPA should be tossed out as another dumb piece of 
legislation.