4 ms·
I am not an American but I am quite sure that HIPPA regulates the data, not the profession. You can be managing school bus routes and, if you reveal the wrong i
by LeFantome 9mo ago
I am not an American but I am quite sure that HIPPA regulates the data, not the profession. You can be managing school bus routes and, if you reveal the wrong information about a special needs child, it can be a HIPPA violation.
- kstrauser 9mo agoHIPAA, but no, it’s the other way. Healthcare providers and associated entities are regulated by the law. If you tell me, as a regular non-doctor person in a non-medical setting, that you have the flu, I can share that information with anyone else without violating HIPAA. There was so much misinformation about that during COVID. “Do you have a cough or fever?” “You can’t ask me that! HIPAA!” “Sir, this is a Wendy’s.”
- kjs3 9mo agoCan't even get the acronym right, but confidently lecturing about what it means. For those of us who do this for a living, this is what "amateur" looks like.