Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Medicine: patient sues healthcare system over ad displaying her patient information

In the medical equivalent of the dumbass of the week award, some healthcare system decided, in an ad, to show a doctor holding a medical chart. The only problem is that it was a real medical chart, and you could read the woman's name and SSN clearly, including the fact that she just had a mammogram. In a commercial! To quote Hipaablog: Stupidity like this can only be rewarded by fat lawsuit the patient has filed against the hospital system.

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