Sorry I couldn’t word that better, but I don’t know the proper term. My vocabulary is kind of limited and I have trouble putting thoughts into words.
I always see stuff about this rule, but I don’t really understand it. You can’t talk about what’s said during this appointment, but what does that entail? And what are the exceptions to this rule, because I think there are, right?
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I would like to add that this idea goes much further than just your doctor.
I’m a lab technician. I’m not allowed to tell anyone the result of your blood tests. I’m not allowed to tell anyone you even had a blood test. I’m not allowed to send your blood test results to other doctors. I can’t even tell *you* your results.
If I were to follow the exact letter of the law I *technically* shouldn’t even refer to you by name when I’m telling my colleagues “Oh Dave Daveson’s test finished running” because your name is a piece of Patient Identifiable Data and everyone’s samples get given a laboratory number, which isn’t, so I *should* use that instead.
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