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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In the US, your medical information is private. Nobody should be looking at your medical records unless they have medical need to or you have allowed them to. Employees who access medical records that they have no reason to are at risk of being fired. Health institutions are pretty strict about it. Like, my wife works in a hospital and has access to the medical records for the doctor I go to. Even if I asked her to, she can’t just go log in and look at my records. It’s gonna throw up a flag that she was looking at the records of a patient she had no reason to be looking at.
Doctors want you to be as honest with them as possible so they can best treat you. If you are afraid they’ll go blabbing about embarrassing or whatever things you tell them, you’re not likely to tell them. If I use some illegal drug, I can tell them I do because I don’t have to worry about them turning around and telling the police what I told them.
These rules are for people in the medical & insurance field. YOU can say whatever you want about your visit. It’s YOUR information. You are under no obligation to not talk about anything you experience at a doctors office or hospital. Sure, it might make you an ass to talk about certain things and it may mean a given office will no longer accept you as a patient, but you can do it.
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