Old Band out -- New Realize Band In

[Elisabethsew 50]

I have know Dr. Geiss for over 20 years and work as an NP in the same health care system. For THAT reason, I limited my action to writing a letter to the CEO and CNO. Yes, HIPPA violations are serious and I will be discussing this issue with Dr. Geiss when I see him in a few weeks.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

I have know Dr. Geiss for over 20 years and work as an NP in the same health care system. For THAT reason, I limited my action to writing a letter to the CEO and CNO. Yes, HIPPA violations are serious and I will be discussing this issue with Dr. Geiss when I see him in a few weeks.

Just in case Rocky forgets what HIPAA is, here is a link for him:

HIPAA.ORG

Perhaps he should read through it a time or two. ;o)

[Camel_Cracker 3]

Anyone who goes under anestesia, gets cut open by a doctor and chooses a an implant that is meant to be in you for life because the company has a really cool website needs major psychological couseling. If you look at both bands, there is no comparison.

Wow, really? Well, since you seem to be SUCH an expert and the final word on everything, I'll crack open the old Yellow Pages and find a shrink... that is, a head doctor because I have the Realize band, which according to your scientific reasearch is a fool's tool. Then again, I guess the real Tool is someone who overgeneralizes and make judegment calls based on personal opinions and "facts".

[Elisabethsew 50]

I believe Rockbandster elected to leave the forum.

[StartingOverNJ 0]

I believe Rockbandster elected to leave the forum.

What a shame!

:tongue:

[susan1961 0]

I will add a wrinkle.....

The device industry has not received the same scrutiny that the pharma industry has in terms of interactions with physicians, including lucrative interactions that might encourage a surgeon to use one product over another for reasons other than clearly demonstrated superiority. Often being a 'consultant' means that you have been wined and dined and trained in a gorgeous locale, then paid handsomely to 'educate' others, in an attempt to entice you to use a given product over a competitors product. I would be sure to ask my surgeon not only which product he prefers, but why. Conflicts of interest run amok, nowadays much more so with devices than with pharmaceuticals.

I am disturbed that someone saw fit to 'out' rockbandster by revealing his/her place of employment and professional role there. While the poster may be annoying, I think we all have the right to expect personal privacy on this site.

And I do have an MD after my name.

[SurgMd1 0]

I agree 100% with susan1961. The only person violating HIPPA is the moderator as she is outing a patients information without his or her consent.

Regardless if you agree or disagree with someone's posts, it is very unprofessional to attempt to besmirch someone because you don't like what they wrote on a public forum.

The terms and conditions on this site clearly state that all information is kept private and that confidentiality has been compromised.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

I agree 100% with susan1961. The only person violating HIPPA is the moderator as she is outing a patients information without his or her consent.

Regardless if you agree or disagree with someone's posts, it is very unprofessional to attempt to besmirch someone because you don't like what they wrote on a public forum.

The terms and conditions on this site clearly state that all information is kept private and that confidentiality has been compromised.

I don't know, I'm kind of fascinated that a surgeon would come to a forum and be drawn to this thread of all threads for their very first post in support of a person that has previously inferred fake credentials to support and bolster his opinion. All the while giving out biased, one sided information. Do you see that as curious as I do?

Amazing, this same surgeon signs up the *very* day the poster in question leaves while using the same exact incorrect grammar as the poster who left.

Usually when surgeons come here they are sure to give out their name, office address, business hours, phone number, etc.

Welcome back to the forum.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

I am disturbed that someone saw fit to 'out' rockbandster by revealing his/her place of employment and professional role there. While the poster may be annoying, I think we all have the right to expect personal privacy on this site.

And I do have an MD after my name.

Not really, the info obtained was obtained by the posters own posts.

[plain 12]

I agree 100% with susan1961. The only person violating HIPPA is the moderator as she is outing a patients information without his or her consent.

Regardless if you agree or disagree with someone's posts, it is very unprofessional to attempt to besmirch someone because you don't like what they wrote on a public forum.

The terms and conditions on this site clearly state that all information is kept private and that confidentiality has been compromised.

Uh......SurgMd....are you implying you are a surgeon? No reason, except that you seem to be a little foggy on the HIPPA concept.....susan1961 is way more on the money here. Loss of personal privacy, maybe. HIPAA violation, no.

[StartingOverNJ 0]

I have to agree that no HIPAA violation occurred. HIPAA protects the patient not the orderlies.

[Elisabethsew 50]

WASA... right on the money!

[*susan* 1,709]

There is no HIPPA violation here. HIPPA is to protect the patient, in this case, the patient is the one who posted about their own medical case.

SurgMD1, we noticed you have the same IP address as Rockbandster, coincidence???

[bassriley 0]

HIPAA Clarification-

We have sort of started implying that anyone who knows anything about a person is bound by HIPAA. Not true. HIPAA exists only to prevent heath care professionals from releasing information about patients. Inasmuch as Susan is not functioning as a healthcare provider in her role as a moderator, and inasmuch as ROcky was not her patient, she cannot possibly have violated HIPAA (I have no idea whether she is in healthcare in her day job-doesn't matter).

Whether she violated his confidentiality is another matter, but Rocky all but begged us to find out who he was, and he dropped so many clues along the way that it's hard to fault her.

And for those who wonder, I am a hospital chaplain, have been for almost ten years, have two masters degrees, and am a board certified chaplain and a national certified counselor. And I do a HIPAA inservice every year as part of continued employment and teach HIPAA to interns and students at my hospital. All this not to toot my own horn, but just to show that I'm not afraid for you to know how I know what I'm talking about.

[StartingOverNJ 0]

SurgMD1, we noticed you have the same IP address as Rockbandster, coincidence???

LOL!!!!

Another clueless know it all!

I love it.

(Yea, I'm a geek and proud of it)

Just to be clear I'm referring to rocky not Susan!