Doesn’t matter. You should not under any circumstances put private medical info on the internet for all to see. Hope the ho-bag in question takes them to the cleaners.
“there’s got to be more to this story.”
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Yes, the devil is in the details.
If it is as she says, she should wind up owning the hospital.
She can get a lot more than 25k but it depends on the hospital. Their gonna get fired too.
Haha! The “town of Winton hills. . . “
Winton Hills is Cincinnati’s version of the Flatlands. Probably half of the residents have been to prison and the other half have been shot. The “victim” and her disorderly acquaintances would ordinarily just be shooting each other. Her attorney was the DA who got fired for masturbating himself in front of a female supervisee in his office.
Get out the popcorn.
There is no monetary damage, so a lawsuit makes little sense. The Med Center has deep pockets and $25K is a pittance, so that’s what that’s about.
It is a felony to do this so the lack of mention of charges in this article is puzzling.
> there’s got to be more to this story.
I agree. Sounds like a personal tiff. But the employees violated HIPPA policies which were put in place fo a reason, this being one of those. The employees put their hospital on the hook for violating it. It’s gonna cost’em and I’m pretty sure someone’s losing their job.
She should sue.... the people who did it. The hospital is, in a sense, a victim of the crime as well. However, they’ll be held responsible for the criminal actions of their soon-to-be ex-employees (agents).
$25,000? After her attorney gets paid what’s she left with? She should be asking for a whole lot more....
Illegal disclosure of personal information, in this case medical, is a crime and should be prosecuted. However in this brave new world of Obamacare, it stands to become a whole new kettle of fish.
Imagine you are treated by a medical person for a disease or condition that can have an effect on your working life or insurability. This is now included on your health records which now appear to become a Federal database entry. Sometime later you get a call from the IRS about a tax matter. Can that IRS Agent find out this piece of information? The rules say no, Lois Learner and her merry gang demonstrate YES!
My wife works in a hospital administration office.
I read her this and she gasped.
Then she said they would have been all over this BEFORE it went to a lawsuit.
And $25 k would be cheap.
Well, it is a social disease.
Patient confidentiality s vital for sure.This could bring her far more than $25K IMO.Yes,she could very well *be* a whore...literally or figuratively...but it’s not for a hospital to make that known.
Time was CDC requested the names of your sexual partners so they could be notified that they too may be infected and infecting others...
Now there is a push to decriminalize having sex with someone and not informing the partner if you have HIV/AIDS.