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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 2838072" data-attributes="member: 4805">Educate yourself:<a href="https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/" target="_blank">Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule</a>What Information is ProtectedProtected Health Information. The Privacy Rule protects all &quot;individually identifiable health information&quot; held or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associate, in any form or media, whether electronic, paper, or oral. The Privacy Rule calls this information &quot;protected health information (PHI).&quot;12“Individually identifiable health information” is information, including demographic data, that relates to:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the individual’s past, present or future physical or mental health or condition,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the provision of health care to the individual, or&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual,A major purpose of the Privacy Rule is to define and limit the circumstances in which an individual’s protected heath information may be used or disclosed by covered entities. A covered entity may not use or disclose protected health information, except either: (1) as the Privacy Rule permits or requires; or (2) as the individual who is the subject of the information (or the individual’s personal representative) authorizes in writingIt&#039;s against the law for your doctor to discuss anything regarding your medical treatment with anyone that you have not authorized in writing.Like I said, call some of your old buddies and tell them to do what you&#039;re suggesting, I&#039;d be interested to hear how it works out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jones, post: 2838072, member: 4805"] Educate yourself: [URL='https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/'][SIZE=5][B]Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [I][B]What Information is Protected Protected Health Information.[/B] The Privacy Rule protects all "individually identifiable health information" held or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associate, in any form or media, whether electronic, paper, or oral. The Privacy Rule calls this information "protected health information (PHI)."12 “Individually identifiable health information” is information, including demographic data, that relates to: the individual’s past, present or future physical or mental health or condition, [B] the provision of health care to the individual[/B], or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual, A major purpose of the Privacy Rule is to define and limit the circumstances in which an individual’s protected heath information may be used or disclosed by covered entities. A covered entity may not use or disclose protected health information, except either: (1) as the Privacy Rule permits or requires; or (2) [B]as the individual who is the subject of the information (or the individual’s personal representative) authorizes in writing [/B][/I] It's against the law for your doctor to discuss anything regarding your medical treatment with anyone that you have not authorized in writing. Like I said, call some of your old buddies and tell them to do what you're suggesting, I'd be interested to hear how it works out. [/QUOTE]

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