Posted by:
Recovered Molly Mo
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Date: June 07, 2015 12:02PM
It is a violation of HIPAA if ANYTHING is mentioned outside of a "need to know" professionalism associated with the direct care and treatment of that patient.
You do not need to just say "Well you know Joe James has cancer right?".
One can identify a patient without mentioning names. Information can be discerned easily by putting the most basic facts together.
There is NO REASON for this Doctor to be mentioning anything about patients on that council. Being in a smaller town it is way to easy to have others know private business.
You can report a violation at:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/