Published Dec 26, 2006
mandirocker
16 Posts
i don't know if anyone has read this or if has been posted, but i thought it was cute :)
[color=olive]twas the night before hipaa (in the e.r.)
[color=olive]
[color=olive]'twas the night before surgery, and all 'cross the floor
[color=olive]the patients were buzzing 'bout the guy in room four.
[color=olive]his chart was hung on his door with great care
[color=olive]to make sure his name was not shown anywhere.
[color=olive]the patients were nestled all snug in their beds
[color=olive]while telemetry monitors beeped overhead.
[color=olive]and i in my gown, with its crack in the back,
[color=olive]had just settled down for my clear liquid snack.
[color=olive]when down the hall there arose such a clatter,
[color=olive]i sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
[color=olive]i pulled off my leads and flew out the door,
[color=olive]with my iv pole dragging behind on the floor.
[color=olive]away to room four i hurriedly dashed
[color=olive]unaware of my gown and the nurses i flashed.
[color=olive]as i slid to a halt and leaned to peek in
[color=olive]i heard the nurse say, "sir, you mustn't go in!"
[color=olive]and what did i see when i looked in bed a
[color=olive]but ole mr. claus; on his belly he lay.
[color=olive]covered in gauze and stuck high in the air,
[color=olive]oh, what a sight, 'twas st. nick's derriere!
[color=olive]he was yelling at doris, the nurse at his side
[color=olive]to be tied to this bed, he just could not abide.
[color=olive]he moaned and he bellowed about his ill luck
\n>>>but there was just nothing for it; the old man was stuck.
\n>>>
\n>>>"what happened to santa?" to doris i said,
\n>>>"why is he on his belly in this hospital bed?"
\n>>>with a grin she whispered, "he did something stupid.
\n>>>he injured his butt when he backed into cupid."
\n>>>but the old man's ears were sharp as tack.
\n>>>he heard what she said there behind his back.
\n>>>"you had no right to speak, and that is a fact!
\n>>>don't you know about hipaa, the privacy act?"
\n>>>"you're out of compliance, doris, my dear.
\n>>>you had no right to tell him 'bout my injured rear!
\n>>>i'll sue you for breach, and this hospital, too!
\n>>>you won't have a job when i'm through with you!"
\n>>>"when i check my list and then check it twice,
\n>>>you'll be in the column labeled 'not nice.'
\n>>>the office for civil rights soon will drop by
\n>>>to find out why you, doris, did not comply!"
\n>>>"they'll want to know why you opened your yap,
\n>>>a big, hefty fine on your butt they will slap.
\n>>>and from me every christmas you will now see
\n>>>nothing but switches and coal 'neath your tree."
\n>>>so take heed of your privacy notice, and zip
\n>>>your lips, and your records, and files encrypt,
\n>>>and in privacy's silent night, you too may hear
\n>>>"merry christmas to all and a hipaa new year!"",1] ); //-->
[color=olive]but there was just nothing for it; the old man was stuck.
[color=olive]"what happened to santa?" to doris i said,
[color=olive]"why is he on his belly in this hospital bed?"
[color=olive]with a grin she whispered, "he did something stupid.
[color=olive]he injured his butt when he backed into cupid."
[color=olive]but the old man's ears were sharp as tack.
[color=olive]he heard what she said there behind his back.
[color=olive]"you had no right to speak, and that is a fact!
[color=olive]don't you know about hipaa, the privacy act?"
[color=olive]"you're out of compliance, doris, my dear.
[color=olive]you had no right to tell him 'bout my injured rear!
[color=olive]i'll sue you for breach, and this hospital, too!
[color=olive]you won't have a job when i'm through with you!"
[color=olive]"when i check my list and then check it twice,
[color=olive]you'll be in the column labeled 'not nice.'
[color=olive]the office for civil rights soon will drop by
[color=olive]to find out why you, doris, did not comply!"
[color=olive]"they'll want to know why you opened your yap,
[color=olive]a big, hefty fine on your butt they will slap.
[color=olive]and from me every christmas you will now see
[color=olive]nothing but switches and coal 'neath your tree."
[color=olive]so take heed of your privacy notice, and zip
[color=olive]your lips, and your records, and files encrypt,
[color=olive]and in privacy's silent night, you too may hear
[color=olive]"merry christmas to all and a hipaa new year!"