tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post8065813913637474750..comments2024-02-07T02:14:50.146-08:00Comments on Dogwalk Musings: I Have No Hooray For HIPA!Mari Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09322012728807169863noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-5330903087521825082010-05-08T17:20:56.239-07:002010-05-08T17:20:56.239-07:00Reading about your medical journey brought me back...Reading about your medical journey brought me back to my college days--did you read about Dante's journey?<br /><br />Keep posting on your journey. It is actually quite enlightening for others; dealing with the medical community can be a challenge. We need medical GPS devices.John Dwyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12553580300468286202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-42274723789635672252010-05-05T11:13:45.735-07:002010-05-05T11:13:45.735-07:00Poor Poor dear. I was sick for 3 years and 9 Doct...Poor Poor dear. I was sick for 3 years and 9 Doctors. Even now it seems they've forgotten who I am, much less the years of coming close to death before they decided to do something. Aweful - I just didn't think about blaming HIPPA!<br />Hope this last round of shots works for you.Grammyof13https://www.blogger.com/profile/13868854438081491392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-25340680817755951762010-05-04T23:00:56.319-07:002010-05-04T23:00:56.319-07:00HIPPA was for a good reason, and then they swung t...HIPPA was for a good reason, and then they swung the pendulum so far to the right... and it interfers with the patient. Now they are afraid of their own shadows because of the stiff penalties. <br /><br />HIPPA does have some good... think of the Duncan case and when the little girl was put in the hospital... and some nurses decide the subject and her records were good gossip fodder. HIPPA was pulled and they were heavily fine and some lost their jobs. <br /><br />But when the patient wants all of their drs on the same page, it is in the way.Word Tosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519547102435672497noreply@blogger.com