HIPAA and one's own spouse/partner

vanilla bean · Nov 25, 2016

C'mon. NETY? Really?

elkpark · Nov 25, 2016

pmabraham said:
To put this in context of why I asked the questions (devil's advocate)...
I responded to the professor's question, **prior** to posting my questions here, that a HIPAA violation took place. Then, based on spousal privilege questions that came up along with fellow classmates discussing questions about venting, thought to ask questions here looking to see if there were any legal cases that actually came out of a doctor, nurse, etc. disclosing information to their partner/spouse or if there was specific language concerning the issue as for some people their partner/spouse is "one flesh" or "one soul."
I appreciate Elpark for the detailed response at https://allnurses.com/HIPAA-nursing-challenges/HIPAA-and-ones-1077878-page2.html#post9259680 Now, coming from a student (hopefully to be new nurse in January) some of the tones of the responses make me wonder if anyone's learning to avoid eating their young ones.
For those that responded thoughtfully, thank you; and, thank you Elpark for that post #19.

Yeah, we figured all along this was actually homework. With the three pages of pointless obtuseness and repetition from you on this thread, I'm surprised people haven't been snarkier than they have. Mild expression of frustration toward someone who appears to be simply refusing to accept the obvious answer to a fairly straightforward question is not "eating our young." You've brought your fair share of snark to the thread, as well.

My "detailed" and "thoughtful" response was simply copying and pasting from the HIPAA website -- if you're so concerned about the topic, it's kind of scary to me that you couldn't have just found that yourself and skipped the drama and pseudo-concern here. You say earlier in the thread that you have "done (your) homework" and are "doing (your) own research" and had reviewed the HHS site -- if you actually did already review the HIPAA info available on the HHS website, why didn't that answer your question and alleviate your concerns as well as my copying the info here did?

And any of your classmates that raised any question of "spousal privilege" are idiots.

This whole thread is a perfect example why I am rarely willing to try to assist students with anything.

pmabraham, BSN, RN · Nov 25, 2016

Good day, Elpark:

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why didn't that answer your question and alleviate your concerns as well as my copying the info here did?

Maybe you know everything from birth and was an expert since then, but I'm not. If every human being was able to answer their own questions all of the time, then we would live in a much different world, correct?

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And any of your classmates that raised any question of "spousal privilege" are idiots.

Did you write that before or after your morning coffee? ?

elkpark · Nov 25, 2016

pmabraham said:
Good day, Elpark:
Maybe you know everything from birth and was an expert since then, but I'm not. If every human being was able to answer their own questions all of the time, then we would live in a much different world, correct?
Did you write that before or after your morning coffee? ?

My question wasn't why didn't you know the answer to your own question in the first place (although, as many of us noted, it does seem fairly self-evident); it was why, if you actually did already review the information on the HHS website regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule, as you claim, didn't that answer your question then, instead of needing a bunch of different people to answer your question multiple times here? Nursing is all about learning how to independently seek out the information you need. I'm sure you've been hearing about that in school, at least.

Editorial Team / Admin · Nov 25, 2016

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