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I'd actually come to the opposite conclusion here. Unless you think this violation of privacy is OK?

• ceejayoz 3y ago
  I think this violation of privacy strikes the correct balance. Hospitals (especially ERs) are already quite full on a regular basis; making every room private would do substantial physical harm to many patients who'd wait much longer for treatment or have to forgo it entirely. (Perfect privacy would also require soundproofed rooms for phone calls, mantrap doors for patient rooms so you can't get an inadvertent peek while walking by, and probably dozens of other expensively impractical mitigations.) HIPAA requires "reasonable safeguards" to permit this sort of balance to be struck.
  • cypress66 3y ago
    Just make all rooms private and build more rooms or hospitals. It's not rocket science. Relative to the already absurdly high health care costs, the construction costs should be pretty small.
    • ceejayoz 3y ago
      > build more rooms or hospitals. It's not rocket science The hospitals near me have been expanding as fast as they can. Absolutely constant large-scale construction. It's not rocket science, but it's not a Thanos finger snap either.