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That's interesting. When I was in college I worked tech support for the residence halls, and we went through what I remember to be a short HIPAA compliance prog
by baddox 7y ago
That's interesting. When I was in college I worked tech support for the residence halls, and we went through what I remember to be a short HIPAA compliance program in case we encountered any medical information while servicing another student's computer. Perhaps that was just a (reasonable) precautionary policy of the university rather than a strict legal requirement under HIPAA. Or perhaps I'm simply misremembering, and it was some other compliance program other than HIPAA.
- godelski 7y agoIf you're servicing a computer that person isn't exactly sharing that information with you. Well, probably not intentionally.
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- jstarfish 7y agoDoesn't always matter. Some states even impose mandatory reporting requirements on computer technicians (at least as far as victimization of minors is concerned).
- pessimizer 7y agoYour college might have been providing healthcare to students.
- testvox 7y agoIt gets strange with Schools, they are actually allowed to keep medical records on students that are exempt from HIPAA and instead are covered under FERPA.
- dragonwriter 7y agoUniversities are often employers, health insurers (via directly-run student health plans) and health care providers (via university health clinics) to students. As such, they may be HIPAA covered entities, and in any case are subject to FERPA and possibly state privacy laws, education-specific and otherwise.