I was in a hospital, and someone that worked there released information on me. What are my rights?
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First we need more information.\n\nDid you sign a release? You may have and not realized it. So check your paperwork. If you did then they did nothing wrong. Last time I checked into the hospital, there was a information release form. \n\nAlso if you have insurance, they will release information to your insurance co. or your company if Workman's comp. Or to your company if they are self insured.\n\nSo without a lot more information, we really can't help you.
1186564
Most states have laws that state you have legal rights to your own medical records but almost all of them also say that the institution can charge you for the copies,etc. Sorry your just SOL
785343
I think it's fraud or intent to defraud.\n\nDefinitely bring a lawyer into the picture.  And whoever did your background check on these employees should be held accountable as well.  \n\nIf they had any contact with patients, there's definitely some type of law that covers that.  \n\nAs for the last guy, cut your losses and pay his last paycheck and be done with him.  I doubt he'll use you as a job reference.
712012
U should not be able to pull health info up on the internet. It is too easy to hack into and woulg violate hippa laws. U will have to wait for ur appointment. U can go to the hospital and talk to a patient liason or social worker and request a copy of ur medical record, but u should really wait for the dr.
521576
Under HIPAA, nothing.  Discipline is in the hands of the employer, not the act.  Follow your policy and procedures in handling this matter.
264590
13 I had just had my appendix removed and was in recovery all alone. When I came to there was a man on top of me doing his business. A nurse came in and shoved him off of me. she took me to the restroom and washed my blood away and told me to pee. I kept telling her it hurt me, she said they didn't operate you down ther it shouldn't hurt and placed me back into the bed and put a kotex on me. I had not even had my first period yet.\nShe later came and removed the kotex and washed me down there. I don't think she was supposed to leave me there alone.\nTRUE STORY
292905
Unless the person is a Government (public) employee, you'd need to subpeona that information with a court order.  You couldn't just get that information because you were curious.
98162
Talk to your case worker. They are the ones that know about your particular case. I don't think Yahoo Answers is the place to get this information, unless your case worker participates here.
290519
Was anything ever signed at anytime explaining their rights to do that? If not, then NO! They have no right to get into an employees personal belongings. \n\nIs there an HR department or a higher person this can be taken to? \n\nA few years ago I got very sick at work. My face was very pale, my pupils were dialated and I was sweating, the medics came, thought I had a stroke, it was low blood sugar, but that was not good enough for my supervisor, she went through my desk while I was gone, someone said that she was thinking that I was on drugs. I turned her in and HR said that she HAD NO RIGHT to do that and she got repremanded very much for it. I was taken in and drug tested but everything turned out fine. \n\nThat is personal property and if you did not sign anything saying they can search you at anytime, then it is not their right, they do not have permission to do that. That is why you sign papers. You give them authorization to do this or that. Make the manager show you the paper giving them permission to do that. \n\nThat's odd, hoped it helped
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You have a right to some information pertaining to your employment e.g. employee reviews, warnings, drug testing, salary adjustments, personal information etc. You do not necessarily have the same rights with regard to compalints made about you by another employee and so forth since the company is also duty bound to protect the identity of the other employee.
220130
Ask your doctor or a hospital you've been in before. They should be able to look at your records and tell you.
1105057
HIPAA requires your insurer to give you a notice of your privacy rights and tell you that your records might become subject to disclosure through a court order, etc.  your state's general laws would determine when your records could be subpoenaed or otherwise disclosed.  the state insurance department, for example, generally can ask your insurer for any records it has on you and the insurer must respond.  \n\ndon't forget the federal anti-terrorism laws.  if the gov't thinks you are an "evil doer", it can send your insurer a letter demanding your records, without a court order, and your insurer must give them and can't tell you the gov't asked for them.\n\ngood luck!
248713
Find out the name of the Hospital where she works. You could pretend you were visiting some patient in the same ward where she is on duty.
574762
unlike criminal background, mental illness is not on your record. In fact the hospitals are not allowed to state that you have been a patient there unless it has been supoenaed to go to court which it would have to be supreme court on a felony charge. Now if you mental illnes is a disability and you get a federal check for it then there could be issues but if you went in the hospital for something like suicide, then no, nooone will ever know unless they knew you were in there or you tell them but it won't stop you from buying a gun.\n\nIf any hospital released ANY information on you without your consent or a court order asking for your records (and there is not such thing as a standing court order that is there to collect patient data for any thing) that hospital just violated your rights and you can sue them. What paperwork you sign stays in the hospital for the hospital's records. NCIC is there for Law Enforcement to use as a way to connect to other agencies when looking for missing persons, stolen items, wanted person, not to tell everyone that you have been in a mental institute.
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Ask the custodian of the records where you were reported.
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You may or may not have a case, i guess i dont know the details. If he discussed the case with the cashier in an effort to solve the problem of who has the script, I dont think it would be a privacy violation (I maybe wrong) especially if he didnt disclose to her what drug you were taking. And its going to be hard to prove by word of mouth that this isnt what happened. If it was a personal conversation though and then it would probably be a HIPPA violation.  I'm an intern in pharmacy school but I'm not a legal expert so I don't know every little detail and what counts as a HIPPA violation and what doesnt. Also, if they end up not having that your ex isnt allowed to pick up your Rx you might have a tough time proving your case. Like I said though, I dont know the details of the incident nor am i familiar with the situation, and I'm sure im not hearing the whole story. It seems odd your doctor would "drop" you if there wasnt more to this story... You probably need to talk to a lawyer to get an exact answer if you really want to sue them. It sounds like it was probably an honest mistake by the pharmacy. Pharmacies usually have several thousand patients, and to be realistic its pretty much impossible to stay up on the domestic situations of each one. If they had a note on your husband, it was probably buried in the part of your profile called the DUR in which case they tech wouldnt have seen the note unless she was looking for it. I think you're also going to have to prove that your ex picked up your prescription... and even if he did, the pharmacy would be able to give you more if you had refills, though your insurance might not cover it. So yeah, you need to ask a lawyer... but IMO you dont have that much of a case... sorry about the trouble you've had though.
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As mentioned, this is a federal law, so there really aren't any state by state issues.\n\nHIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) gives the patient the right to view their records.  It does not matter if the practitioner is an MD, PhD, MSW, etc.  The practitioner (all of the above) can choose to redact portions of the record if they feel that the material can cause safety issues for the patient, but they cannot refuse the entire record.\n\nThe practitioner may charge reasonable fees for providing a copy of your record, as he is right in stating the record belongs to him.\n\nIf you don't get a resolution, you may file a complaint with  the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 509F HHH Building, Washington, D.C. 20201\n\nPlease don't consider this legal advice in any way, but I work for a behavioral health care organization, and I asked our HIPAA compliance officer who confirmed the above to be accurate.