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This is stupid. We don't store any patient data thus we are HIPPA compliant?
by techthroway443 10y ago
This is stupid. We don't store any patient data thus we are HIPPA compliant?
- redthrowaway 10y ago>This is stupid. This is not a constructive way to have a discussion, and is unwelcome on HN. >We don't store any patient data thus we are HIPPA compliant? Yes, trivially so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuous_truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuous_truth
- techthroway443 10y agoHow is that not considered flagrant lying? From your link: "For example, a child might tell his or her parent 'I ate every vegetable on my plate', when there were no vegetables on the child's plate to begin with."
- redthrowaway 10y agoPlease read the linked article again. Any statement made about members of the empty set is trivially true. This is also known as the Principle of Explosion[1]. It's not lying; it's formal logic. Some further reading: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/137890/why-is-it-sensical-for-a-proposition-with-a-false-antecedent-to-validate-to-true http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/137890/why-is-it-sen... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion
- squeaky-clean 10y agoYes, exactly. And when someone tries to sue you out of existence for improperly handling patient data, responding with "Improper handling? We don't handle it at all!" is a fantastic defense. You might piss off whomever your contract is with when you tell them you've been deleting data instead of storing it, and there may be grounds for a different lawsuit. But they can't say you're not HIPPA compliant. [0] [0] I don't 100% know the specifics of HIPPA, so I'm not sure if this would really apply, because I know you need to keep detailed audits and logs of various things.