Comments on: HIPPA-UGGH!

By: Bonnie Hayes

Bonnie Hayes — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:48:14 +0000

It’s a bandaid for a very serious problem and that is confidentiality in the medical field including accountability. As we technically ‘improve’ ourselves so do employers and some swab for DNA, etc. Life is getting more and more invasive and while it may cause very annoying problems like the one above – it’s about there being a serious lack of balance with ANYTHING in our society. Caregivers care alot more about getting sued it seems then actually giving the care.

By: Bonnie H

Bonnie H — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:42:15 +0000

That is unfortunate. I, however, do not think it is just the HIPPAA that is causing problems in health care. We are sort of darned if we do and darned if we don’t – it’s positively scarey how much information is given to insurance companies they are building a huge database with it. The problem with HIPPAA protection is people lose their sense over it and become overly cautious where it concerns HIPPAA compliance. There are to many health care workers that are more worried about covering their own butt then actually serving their client base. One of my old college professors told us ‘If you are putting your client first and best interest of your client in everything, you aren’t going to get sued’. So far – that has worked for me.

By: james mcgee

james mcgee — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:50:44 +0000

if you are going to write about HIPAA you really should know how to spell it.