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Originally posted by bilmore
Curious what arouses your ire on this one. I've had occasion to request (and get) med recs of non-parties (with id info wiped, of course) for suits involving facilities and procedures. What part is objectionable to you?
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The "of course" part is the rub. Since the DOJ doesn't comment on pending litigation, I assume that the DOJ's contention that it wasn't seeking patient-identifying information in these 40 files was an argument made to the court, not just to the press. And yet the judge found that it would have violated HIPAA.
I've read medical files, too. It's hard to redact all of the identifying info, esp. when a complete medical history is taken before a procedure involving anesthesia.
