Any HIPAA experts?

[leftyladyfrommo]

Giving out general statistics on hospitalized Covid cases doesn't violate HIPAA does it?

I know nothing about HIPAA

[Lettuce Be]

1. No, statistics are not individual info

[marybourg]

2. HIPAA.

And No, it doesn’t.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. No. It applies to healthcare personnel who give out information regarding individuals, without

their authorization.

[Wounded Bear]

4. No, it doesn't. HIPPA basically covers individual medical records, not statistics...nt

[obamanut2012]

5. HIPAA

And, no.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. Thanks.

I have a guy that's arguing that it's impossible to know the ages of people hospitalized because it violates HIPAA

These are going to argue themselves right into their graves.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

7. Hippa is a female hippo

HIPAA, on the other hand, ....

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. I don't even know how to spell it.

[Treefrog]

11. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

HIPAA.

[hlthe2b]

9. No.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. No

This applies to covered persons releasing medical info on a specified person

[lark]

12. No, only individual identification information is prohibited.

I was tested on this every year until I retired so I know for sure it's no privacy violation, no release of individual information, just an aggregate.