Comments on: New HIPAA rule considered: no direct eye contact with patients http://www.weeklyprobe.com/2009/03/new-hipaa-rule-considered-no-direct-eye-contact-with-patients/ Deep insights into healthcare marketing news Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:24:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://www.weeklyprobe.com/2009/03/new-hipaa-rule-considered-no-direct-eye-contact-with-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Mark Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:28:44 +0000 http://www.weeklyprobe.com/?p=10#comment-22 I think they’ve already adopted this policy at my clinic. Well, at least the girl at the front desk. I don’t think she’s ever looked at me. She just shoves that damn clipboard at me and tells me to bring it back when I’ve finished. I’m pretty sure the solitaire game she’s got going on her screen is part of the HIPAA policy to help ensure she doesn’t actually look at me. My doctor keeps his eyes down my throat with a tongue depressor in my mouth. Last visit I said “Ahhh” for fifteen minutes straight while he explained my new medications. As silly as it may have appeared, it was comforting to know he wasn’t invading my privacy. Thank you HIPAA! I think they’ve already adopted this policy at my clinic. Well, at least the girl at the front desk. I don’t think she’s ever looked at me. She just shoves that damn clipboard at me and tells me to bring it back when I’ve finished. I’m pretty sure the solitaire game she’s got going on her screen is part of the HIPAA policy to help ensure she doesn’t actually look at me.

My doctor keeps his eyes down my throat with a tongue depressor in my mouth. Last visit I said “Ahhh” for fifteen minutes straight while he explained my new medications. As silly as it may have appeared, it was comforting to know he wasn’t invading my privacy. Thank you HIPAA!

]]> By: Christine http://www.weeklyprobe.com/2009/03/new-hipaa-rule-considered-no-direct-eye-contact-with-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Christine Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:55:53 +0000 http://www.weeklyprobe.com/?p=10#comment-19 Ooo... Is this another opportunity for me to sue for millions of dollars for no good reason at all? Great! Maybe I can get rich through the ambulance chasers after all! ;) Ooo… Is this another opportunity for me to sue for millions of dollars for no good reason at all? Great! Maybe I can get rich through the ambulance chasers after all! ;)

]]> By: Baya Clare http://www.weeklyprobe.com/2009/03/new-hipaa-rule-considered-no-direct-eye-contact-with-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Baya Clare Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:24:48 +0000 http://www.weeklyprobe.com/?p=10#comment-17 Uff da! The main problem with this story, as I see it, is that Minnesota has no Congressperson by the name of Max, or Weber, or Max Weber... :-) Uff da! The main problem with this story, as I see it, is that Minnesota has no Congressperson by the name of Max, or Weber, or Max Weber… :-)

]]> By: Travis http://www.weeklyprobe.com/2009/03/new-hipaa-rule-considered-no-direct-eye-contact-with-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Travis Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:40:51 +0000 http://www.weeklyprobe.com/?p=10#comment-9 You lookin' at me? You lookin’ at me?

]]>