Comments on: Student Alleges Officials Violated Protocol https://fordhamram.com/2015/11/18/student-accuses-fuems-of-violating-hipaa-laws/ Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: snooki81 https://fordhamram.com/2015/11/18/student-accuses-fuems-of-violating-hipaa-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-19936 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:10:47 +0000 http://fordhamram.com/?p=24855#comment-19936 I am not sure what HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules your reading, but the one I just read from the Journal of Emergency Medicine, which cites HHS.gov does not state anything about ” emergency settings ” having different rules . Moreover, EMS is allowed to ask questions, but they must just like any other covered entity take into consideration where they are questioning the person, what questions they are asking, how they are asking the questions? etc.. For example, EMS asks personal questions inside an ambulance, if they are not transporting to a hospital and a patient has refused care there would be no need to continue the questions or inquiry of the patients medical history. I don’t know this student but I believe that when EMS arrived she and her friend were sober and they were not being transported so there would be no need to ask medical history.

I feel that maybe you being an RN has tainted your views and what really happens in the real world, but that’s just my humble opinion.
http://www.jems.com/articles/2013/02/feds-make-sweeping-changes-hipaa-privacy.html

]]> By: ED RN https://fordhamram.com/2015/11/18/student-accuses-fuems-of-violating-hipaa-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-19444 Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:23:58 +0000 http://fordhamram.com/?p=24855#comment-19444 Just finished reading the slant article. I’m not sure how old this girl is, but if she is not 21, her BAC needs to be 0.0. Alcohol is broken down 0.03 percent an hour. So, if she is underage and admitted to drinking, FUEMS had every right to question her about PMH and medications. This is not a HIPAA violation. HIPAA acknowledges that ED/emergency settings can not always be “private”. Signing a form to decline treatment is also a standard. No, you do not get to see the report. You have to file forms and go through the proper channels to get your medical record. This is healthcare standard. Not sure how FUEMS failed this girl. It is sad, that she feels her mental health diagnosis is embarrassing to reveal. The FUEMS students are EMTs. They need to assess their patients and based on PMH/ Meds/ they decide if a student should be transported to ED or if they can leave. Vital signs are a minor part of an assessment. So, please don’t think that if your vital signs are fine that you are okay. Did I read that this student told EMS to google her Meds? Sounds like a Jesuit to me! Wow, very hypocritical. As an ED nurse, I’m not believing much if this story.

]]> By: ED RN https://fordhamram.com/2015/11/18/student-accuses-fuems-of-violating-hipaa-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-19443 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:38:05 +0000 http://fordhamram.com/?p=24855#comment-19443 Just as this child, does not understand that mixing her anti anxiety medications with alcohol is dangerous. She obviously, does not understand how HIPAA works. Emergency settings have different rules. I think she should learn the actual HIPAA law and abstain from alcohol, in the future.

]]> By: MJSnodz https://fordhamram.com/2015/11/18/student-accuses-fuems-of-violating-hipaa-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-19418 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:38:55 +0000 http://fordhamram.com/?p=24855#comment-19418 FUEMS are lifesavers. Baseless accusations by someone who indulged too much.

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