> Only you and your doctor should know your name > and your medical condition, everywhere else it > your name should be coded as number that other > office workers cannot lookup.
Because the medical assistant doesn't review labs, and the records clerk doesn't file documents in your chart, and the billing clerk doesn't handle your call about the diagnosis codes on your latest EOB...do you have any sense how health care is actually delivered, even in efficient, high-quality places that are fully HIPAA-compliant?
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> Only you and your doctor should know your name
> and your medical condition, everywhere else it
> your name should be coded as number that other
> office workers cannot lookup.
Because the medical assistant doesn't review labs, and the records clerk doesn't file documents in your chart, and the billing clerk doesn't handle your call about the diagnosis codes on your latest EOB...do you have any sense how health care is actually delivered, even in efficient, high-quality places that are fully HIPAA-compliant?
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