Even under HIPAA they can only be amended. The original misinformation still needs to be accessible with notation that it is incorrect.
There are statutes in most (if not all) states making it a crime to alter a medical record. There is also a good deal of legal precedent for civil sanctions for altering medical records. If you bill Medicare and mess with your documentation for purposes of billing and they can prove it, you will be fined to within an inch of your life. If you get caught doing it when you're being sued for malpractice, you can expect to settle for a large amount.
Who would know? A disgruntled former employee who keeps copies of things is often the only person who knows. An electronic medical record may track edits also.
Who would know? A disgruntled former employee who keeps copies of things is often the only person who knows. An electronic medical record may track edits also.
I stand corrected and will not alter the proof of my mistake! You are sadly correct that it does happen, but should not.
I hate to be that person, but I read the linked story 3 times and no where, besides the headline, does it state that the man's pain was blamed on a non-existent hysterectomy. A CT scan report said 'stable hysterectomy' rather than 'stable hernia'. Likely a transcription error that was immediately caught by the nurse reading the report.
Medical records can never be altered, only amended. All mistakes remain intact forever. This is to keep people from altering records to cover up mistakes.
This has been your buzzkill for the day.
Medical records can never be altered, only amended. All mistakes remain intact forever. This is to keep people from altering records to cover up mistakes.
This has been your buzzkill for the day.
If only you had the power to ban these people from the entire internet.
So do I. This is exactly why, although my advanced directives document is detailed and 3 pages long, it boils down to "kill me".
New drink: The Whitey Bulger. Jamesons, Baileys and milk. #crosstalk
It's a remarkable resemblance. Same tattoos even.
Jello Biafra was as key a figure in my adolescence as Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary were in my childhood!
And just like that it's 1973 and I'm back in the basement of the Unitarian church singing protest songs sitting in a circle on the floor.
I love old hippies.
I love old hippies.
I hope things are going better for you now and that's no longer an plan for you.
Right? It's like I can't look away, but I also think it's kind of stupid and overly convoluted. But I need to find out who's dead and who's alive. I have a sneaking suspicion that the payoff will piss me off but I'm in it now. #crosstalk
Don't do the breaking and entering scenario (I mean, also, don't kill yourself at all too). But I have a family member whose husband did that and she spent a day and a half being questioned by the police to rule out her having a role in it because he left a sizable life insurance policy behind. Which he had just increased in preparation for killing himself so she and their son would be provided for. So, best intentions and all.
Needs more American flag kerchief.
You're right - they never will meet a happy loving gay couple until they are forced to by granting people their basic human right of living their lives openly and with whom they choose by passing marriage equality and anti-discrimination and hate crime laws.
But I do see the other side - we have to educate people by example. It is totally possible to change someone's mind. For example, my dad used to be really homophobic until he met an openly gay man whom he loved and respected and now he's a huge supporter of GLBTQ rights and marriage.
There are still a fair amount of people in the country who think they don't know anyone who is gay. Only by changing the laws are we going to change that. And then, hopefully, through exposure to gay people, they'll realize that they're really just fairly boring everyday people and they'll get over the homophobia once and for all.
(I'm a little 'glass half full' today)
But I do see the other side - we have to educate people by example. It is totally possible to change someone's mind. For example, my dad used to be really homophobic until he met an openly gay man whom he loved and respected and now he's a huge supporter of GLBTQ rights and marriage.
There are still a fair amount of people in the country who think they don't know anyone who is gay. Only by changing the laws are we going to change that. And then, hopefully, through exposure to gay people, they'll realize that they're really just fairly boring everyday people and they'll get over the homophobia once and for all.
(I'm a little 'glass half full' today)
Two words: Tubal ligation. For yourself and the rest of humanity.
That statement reminds me of a girl from back in my family planning days who absolutely refused to believe she was pregnant because she only had one sex partner. "Only sluts get pregnant."
People are weird and tragically ill-informed about sex in this country.
People are weird and tragically ill-informed about sex in this country.
As an adult, I nap to Spongebob - very soothing. But then again I grew up on The Electric Company. Talk about your fast paced, frenetic kids show.
A little manic high from Electric Company and then a little toke off Mister Rogers to calm me down. Just another afternoon in the life of a 70's kid.
A little manic high from Electric Company and then a little toke off Mister Rogers to calm me down. Just another afternoon in the life of a 70's kid.
On the up side, it's Forever 21, so the shirt will disintegrate into faded strips within 6 months.
And he's going to spend it on his supermodel wife.
