Oops! Yes, HIPAA. Thank you.
I believe the employer also has the obligation to protect the patients PHI. Publicly announcing it on air to the entire world, I believe, is a violation.
Well, if it is, they have grounds....it isnt though, which is why you dont hear anything about it. HIPAA allows for disclosure as a public safety, health interests...to prevent or lesson a threat to public health and safety..
Hostin became emotional as she talked about her experience following the false positive test, telling her co-hosts that she was "really uncomfortable" having her results released to the public in the way that they were, and describing how it affected her family.
