what are the privacy policies with OBGYNs?
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Most docs will ask your mother to wait in the waiting room (especially with you being 17). If they don't, ask the nurse to tell the doctor to ask her to step out.  Say you need to go to the bathroom or something and then tell her. He is NOT allowed to tell your mother you had sex. He may just tell her that the exam went fine and he found no problems.  Anything you tell him is confidential. However, he will write his findings in the chart..if your mother wants a copy of the chart, she can freely get it since you are a minor. However, they use medical terms and unless your mother knows terminology, she may not understand it.\n\nI know your mother loves you and wants to know what's going on with you. Talk to her...You think she doesn't want to but from a parent's perspective  she does
398942
no, medical history is private and should not be published online unless you've previously given authorization to do so.
1012175
I work in a clinic similar to PP. All you will need to do iis be interviewed in private. The person will ask simply: age, income, have you had sterilization surgery (you would then not qualify for free services)\nPlease trust me: you are not the only one in your shoes. The government set this up so that people in your situation could protect themselves against STD's and pregnancy. Go ahead make the appointment, ask then if you need proof of income (which I belive they won't).\nI used PP when I was 17 and could not go to my family MD (for fear of my mom being informed/billed). \nFurthermore, theproviders are used to people of all ages from 11 upward. and we have seen everything..\n\nPlease remember protecting yourself is way more important than being "embarrassed".
681120
Its actually HIPAA health insurance portability and Accountability Act...go to http://fepblue.org/privacyhipaa/hipaawhat_mov.html\nto learn about the HIPAA Hippo
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An OB/GYN does not just examine tissue and deliver babies. S/he also prescribes medicine, and has to know both how those meds will react with the female body (and developing fetus) and how those meds will react with other drugs and vitamins the patient may be taking. This doctor has to know how the chemicals in birth control will affect brain chemistry, and how antibiotics affect uterine bacteria. This doctor has to know the possible side effects and drug interactions of analgesics, labor inducers, labor suppressants, and everything in between.\n\nYeah, I'd guess it's very important.
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well.. its kind of invasion of privacy if you could do that, so i don't think that you can. the best way is just to ask them directly.
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http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/   there's some good links
759372
I think you do need a privacy policy. A simple sentence like you suggest isn't enough. You're asking for very, very sensitive information and most people are savvy enough to know that you could be misusing it.
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While I am not personally an OB GYN myself, but I can tell you what it stands for and a little info.  OB  = Obstetrictian= A doctor who specializes in pregnancy and the delivery of babies.  GYN = Gynacologist = a doctor who specializes in the female reproductive system, both internal and external, not just in the anatomy of it, but in the affects of estrogen [a hormone] and other chemical ifluences that occur naturally in women.  Some of these doctors can specialize in just one aspect of this wide spectrum, so as a career it's pretty open to a lot of possibilities.  And, like most medical professions, it pays pretty darn well.  The downside to being an OB/GYN is having to be on call for pregnant women due to deliver at any hour of the day or night - and for any possible emergencies that might occur along the way.  Also, if you gross out easily this is most likely not the career for you. \n\nBecoming any sort of medical professional requires years of study, college, science, and then serious time in the internship process.    Good luck with that, if it becomes your career of choice.
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pregnancy for one, check with your OB/GYN or regular physcian
836246
No. They only use the information for their use.  It is against the law to give that information to anyone else because you have not signed a consent.
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That info only needs to be revealed to your sexual \npartner(s) and your doctor. Other than that, keep it to yourself (please!)
967429
that is not allowed..\ninvasion of privacy
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!
270027
tell her to respect your privacy
890042
There is no amendment that states that. But in Roe vs Wade, the big Abortion case. The supreme court cited the 14th Amendment and the "right to privacy" extended to a woman and her body.\n\nRead more on the link provided.
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Look at other business' privacy report to get an idea of what is important.  About 2 years ago a Federal law was passed that mandated medical records holders, like doctor's offices and insurance companies, to have a printed privacy policy and to distribute it to all people whose records they handle.  Ask a Doc or hosp. or insurance company for a copy of theirs.  They will be happy and are required to give it to you.