Private medical information shared with your boss!!!

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:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire I want to see if any of you think this is wrong. In New Hampshire anyone with chronic pain is required to enter into a pain contract with their PCP. I think it is a great idea and will prevent a lot of abuses on both sides. That said I am an administrative nurse. I suffer with fibromyalgia and severe osteoarthritis. I have a wonderful physician and we have found a way to relieve the pain without impairment. I only use narcotics when I am not working and usually only when I am PMS. The clinic where my doc works decided that the pain contracts should go the emergency room. I work in this hospital and I do not want my personal info in a file draw in the ED. I called the clinic and expressed my concern. I did not mind if the information was put in my chart that would be pulled out IF I ever decided to go to the ED...not likely. To make it worse they stated they did not know what they were going to do with them so they sent them to the COO who is my direct supervisor. There has definitely been a difference in the way she is treating me and I don't know what to do. I feel violated. Am I over reacting? What do you all think? Please answer. :crying2: :angryfire :crying2:

First of all I want to thank you for your posts. I have made an appointment to talk with the clinic manager as it was her decision. I am going to share my concerns. I am going to ask her to tell my boss that my information was sent to her in error. (As I believe it was a huge error.) I will also request that she ask for all the records to be forwarded immediately to Health Information and put on folks' charts. If she is willing to do both of those things I will let it drop. I am meeting with her Wednesday so if anyone thinks this not a good idea please let me know. :)

EEYORE Nurse.

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