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>>Administrators at White Memorial have told doctors not to call a detained patient’s family members, even to find out what type of medication they’re on or what conditions they have, doctors told LAist. Hospital leaders also have told doctors to allow immigration agents to remain by a detained patient’s side, even during consultations, inhibiting frank discussions between doctors and their patients and potentially violating patient privacy laws. Doctors say this is not typical protocol for any patients, including those brought in by local police or sheriff’s deputies.<<

https://laist.com/news/politics/boyle-heights-hospital-ice-agents-patient-care-privacy-rights
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LAist

At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

Anomalous Human

@JustToOdd@nerdculture.de · last month

LAist

At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

@benroyce@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

#HIPAA #Privacy #Health

AP
The Associated Press @AP
BREAKING: The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data to new apps run by private tech companies.
Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH
@GeauxGabrielle
Hi! Epidemiologist here!
Don't do this.
In the 80s and 90s this was done by Depts. of Health during the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
"Somehow" the lists they created found their way into the hands of cops, landlords, & job sites to deny people human rights.
It's partly WHY the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act exists — AP The Associated Press @AP BREAKING: The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data to new apps run by private tech companies. Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @GeauxGabrielle Hi! Epidemiologist here! Don't do this. In the 80s and 90s this was done by Depts. of Health during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. "Somehow" the lists they created found their way into the hands of cops, landlords, & job sites to deny people human rights. It's partly WHY the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act exists

Ben Royce 🇺🇦

@benroyce@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

#HIPAA #Privacy #Health

podfeet

@podfeet@chaos.social · 4 months ago

Anybody really understand HIPAA? I ask because it seems the hospital where I was taken recently after a bad fall seems to have violated my privacy. I got a call from the foundation associated with the hospital asking me to donate money. She knew my name, phone number, that I’d been treated at the hospital, and the name of my doctor. When I blew my stack she said she did not know what I was treated for. So … was this a HIPAA violation?

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