Thank you for you responses.
hey bess, that cp child on Tuesdays now has an ill fitting brace, yah yah yah
Would it be a violation if speaking with a therapist that is not part of the childs health team says that child cp child that lives on main street just had a seizure ... or is on this med or that ...
My concern abut this is my neighbor works at a facility that is where my childs therapist visit other children. I am concerned about my neighbor learning private med information about my child, she has somewhat hinted that she hears things. It is a very uncomfortable feeling.
Discussing other's conditions in front of you IF the information discussed allows you to identify (know) the person whose condition is being discussed, it is a HIPAA violation.
I can ID the person being discussed by knowing the parent ... or knowing where the child lives but not by the childs name and also yes, by age.
The information I am referring to is knowing a childs dx, medication hx, how a childs appt with certain physcians went .. what the physician said or did and even some details legal cases and so on.
In general, there is such a blatent disregard of the privacy of children and their families in our area. it is not one but several therapists.
We have have gone private with most of our therapy, but still had one of the original therapists but she recently said she could not continue services because of lack of progress ... which is another issue I would like to ask about later ( false documentation).
Anyway ... now I am concerned with privacy issues.