Re: HIPAA VIOLATION

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On 1/28/07, RCW wrote:
> On 1/27/07, employee wrote:
>> A Medical Director, (employed by a hospital) of a
> specialty
>> clinic has the the responsibility of the overall running
>> and building of a this clinic which is located inside the
>> hospital building- an integrated health care facility. It
>> came to the Medical director's attention that the clinic
>> was not being used to capacity, as some docs (also
>> employees of the hospital) were referring patients other
>> institutions. To investigate one such case, the Medical
>> director reviewed the records of a patient who was
> referred
>> to a similar specialty clinic of another institution, to
>> ascertain the reason for the referral and underutilization
>> of the services of the specialty clinic located within the
>> hospital. The patient had not been seen by the medical
>> director of this clinic for treatment or consult. When no
>> valid reason was found for such a referral (eg, patient
>> request, continuity of care if previously seen at other
>> facility for the smae problem), the Medical Director
> raised
>> the concern of under-utilization of the specialty clinic
> in
>> a internal meeting so that this problem would cease if the
>> issue of under-utilization was ackowledged and corrected.
>>
>> HIPAA provides for exceptions to the privacy rules for
>> clinical treatment and certain healthcare administrative
>> functions. Did the Medical Director commit a HIPAA
>> violation?
>>
>>
>
> Do your own school work!
OMG he violated a hippo? aren't there laws against
beastiality in most states? or at least animal cruelty?
(sorry, just couldn't resist.)