I sure wish we had a "please read first" sticky for HIPAA comments

[Old.Timer]

Maybe it's just me, but it sure seems like a lot of people are quick to call any and everything a HIPAA violation without a clear understanding of even the basics.

I'm not suggesting that we need or should be knowledgeable in all areas of HIPAA, as long as we are informed with those areas specific to our position. But, I do think before responding " that's a HIPAA violation" it's helpful to be familiar with the policy and what the acronym stands for, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

I don't even nitpick at people calling it HIPPA, unless they also happen to be calling everything a violation when it's not. :)

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/index.html

[LPNweezy]

Wow this is a great idea! i'm all for it. :loveya:

[Fribblet]

The posters who start threads on topics that have been hashed out over and over again are the same posters who can't take 5 minutes to find the appropriate forum for their topic or bother to do a quick search.

Trust me, they won't read the stickies either. >.

[linearthinker, DNP, RN]

Lol, no kidding. I was just thinking the same thing. I am so freaking tired of hearing oh hippo this and hippo that by people who clearly don't have a clue what it means.

Sorry for autocorrects. Take your c/o to Steve jobs.

[flashpoint]

I think people should be allowed to post topics even if they have been discussed at length. Sometimes people have new ideas to add or have questions that they don't think have already been answered. If people do search for a topic, find an answer, but have something new to add to a three year old post, they will be berated for pulling up an old post instead of starting a new one.

No matter what, someone will be unhappy. Skip over posts that don't interest you or that you think have already been discussed...it's easy.

[Fribblet]

I think people should be allowed to post topics even if they have been discussed at length. Sometimes people have new ideas to add or have questions that they don't think have already been answered. If people do search for a topic, find an answer, but have something new to add to a three year old post, they will be berated for pulling up an old post instead of starting a new one.

No matter what, someone will be unhappy. Skip over posts that don't interest you or that you think have already been discussed...it's easy.

Hey, some people are slow and need a little help finding the very obvious search feature of the website.

Other people are new to the internet and don't know how forums generally work. It's only polite to enlighten them to obvious features they have failed to notice.

Regardless, if they don't like my posts, they are free to skip over them.

[ObtundedRN, BSN, RN]

How about a HIPAA section all those posts can be put in?

[Little_Mouse]

How about a HIPAA section all those posts can be put in?

Just what I was thinking too!

But that's what this thread is about anyway, right? Lol