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I recently found out my daughter (who currently worked at the hospital in admission or insurance) had copies of my medical information. This was in April, 2003. I was extremely depression.. I was dealing with the death of my mother and my grandchild, I could feel myself sinking deeper into my depression. I discussed this with a good friend of mind who was also an RN. So when released from hospital the next morning I checked myself into a treatment center to help with me depression. I found out in 2013 my daughter had copies of my medical records letting others read them. She had kept these files since 2003. ER notes, labs, history, ect...
imintrouble, BSN, RN
2,406 Posts
I guess it just comes down to the individual.
Ten year old info about my life is just plain old news.
I live in a small town where everybody would know about my past anyway.
Your post did make me see the whole thing from a different perspective.