NP discusses MJ on national TV ????

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I just watched CNN and a nurse practioner(she gave her name) was on the phone giving information about Michael Jackson and what he discussed with her and what medication he was given (not by her) for his insomnia. She also talked about when she treated his kids for a cold and what she gave them. Is this legal?? What happened to patient confidentiality?? Can you just go on national TV and discuss a patient because he is dead????

hippa violation big time. dead or not. they interviewed an attorney on headline news channel an he said it was definately a violation. an where did she come from anyways? its like she just came out of the woodwork all of a sudden.

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Specializes in ICU, ER.

She gave out medical information about a patient she gave care to. To me, this is clearly a violation, unless he had given her permission to do this.

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why not?

leslie

There are specific regulations that determine who is covered by HIPAA.

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaageninfo/downloads/coveredentitycharts.pdf

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There are specific regulations that determine who is covered by HIPAA.

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaageninfo/downloads/coveredentitycharts.pdf

if i am reading it correctly, if the nurse does not conduct any of her business via electronic form, then she is not obligated by hipaa regs??

anyone else reading it as i do?

leslie

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i think they meant if she WASNT working for him.

besides HIPAA violations though...am i the only one that doesnt believe a word she says? dont get me wrong.....i believe with my whole heart that he was an addict and was able to take his addiction to a level most never achieve due to his wealth.

but there is something about her story...i just dont believe a word she says. i dont know why, i just dont.

and i say again......i blame jackson for his death. but if somehow he were really getting propofol in a home environment, then they should be prosecuted for that because that is wrong on so many levels i wouldnt even know where to start.

You got a point, many times in the past the news media has been so eager to report A STORY that it forgets to check things out for authenticity.
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Specializes in Critical care, tele, Medical-Surgical.

I don't getr it.

If this is true then privacy is not the purpose of HIPAA.

So if I care for a patient in the home and was hired by word of mouth I can tell a tabloid about the patient?

Of course it is morally and ethically wrong but is it illegal?

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

i think she just wants to jump on the MJ bandwagon and get famous. i really do ..

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i think she just wants to jump on the MJ bandwagon and get famous. i really do ..

I totally agree with this, 100%. Also include in the list aging star looking-for-that-last-15-minutes-of-fame Lou Ferrigno. Really makes me sick. All these people who claimed to "know" him a little bit better than others are just looking for their 15 minutes. A shame, really.

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i think she just wants to jump on the MJ bandwagon and get famous. i really do ..

Or she was just too scared and panicked that she would be implicated in MJ's death. Maybe wanted to clear her involvement? But it looks like she made it worst considering HIPAA.

Anyway, what are the protocols if she was indeed a client of Cherilyn Lee? The NP(Lee) should have followed-up on MJ too right after giving him prescription or on a regular basis? I think she did based on her interview that she tried to call MJ but was not answering. Did she ever document or made a record of interaction between her and MJ? Looks like she did not document it based on her interview.

Sorry for so many questions, I'm a newbie and just curios.

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Specializes in ICU/PACU.

It's really embarrassing that people are calling this idiot a RN on the news networks. I don't believe a word this moron is saying. I find it completely disgusting that she is using her title as a nurse to get press. Looks bad for our profession to have such a stupid person on air. She's a "nutritionist" that's a nurse? She's a f---- idiot.

I don't want to waste my time looking up her license info. I hope she loses her license, if she even has one. She's probably an aide who calls herself a nurse, who read a book on nutrition and now calls herself a nutritionist.

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Also, not to mention that "ethically" she is way out of bounds. I agree with the others who said they didn't believe her to. She was just so deadpan and had such a flat affect when she was being interviewed. Weird--Weird--Weird!!!!

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