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I am a nursing student, and my dad is an ON/GYN. I recently helped him deliver a baby, and his pt took pictures of us and posted them on Facebook. I would like to have these pictures, as I hope to become a CNM, and would love to have a picture of my dad and me at my first delivery. (There are pics of us with and without the baby.)
Is it a HIPAA violation if I click on the "..." and save these pictures to my phone since she made them public on Facebook (we are not FB friends. I searched for her.) I really want these pictures, but want to have them legitimately. Thanks!
If a name were protected information why was I able to go to a hospital yesterday and ask for a person by name and be told what room that person was in?[/quote']Most facilities have opt out for patient directories. We opted out when my father was admitted because he was immediate family only and nosy neighbors & clients would blatant lie and claim to be family. If you called or went to the front desk and asked for my dad by name you would be told no one there by that name. My mom was the gate keeper of information.
IN the facilities I have worked the patient signs permission with their admission paper work. As a patient I have signed the paperwork to allow my nae at the desk to visitors and so they can connect phone calls to my room if family calls and ask for my name and not know my room number phone..If a name were protected information, why was I able to go to a hospital yesterday and ask for a person by name and be told what room that person was in?
IN the facilities I have worked the patient signs permission with their admission paper work. As a patient I have signed the paperwork to allow my nae at the desk to visitors and so they can connect phone calls to my room if family calls and ask for my name and not know my room number phone..
Maybe so, but I've never seen it.
Different places do things differently.
Mulan
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If a name were protected information, why was I able to go to a hospital yesterday and ask for a person by name and be told what room that person was in?