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(Unverified)Sep 25th 2009 7:24PM

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hey, mark, in case you are not aware, the confidentiality of medical information is protected by federal law. "people being people" can end up in jail...and the hospital/clinic that employs them can be fined. Thank god YOU are not a medical professional..."take better care of themselves". Aren't you just the charming little sociopath. Not all doctor/hospital visits are because someone did not take care of them....and even if that is the cause, no one deserves to have some punk ass resident posting their medical information on line. Of course most residents these days are too stupid to create a coherent sentence anyway...but still...everyone deserves privacy.

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mmurfin87Sep 26th 2009 4:21PM

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You are absolutely correct in the instances you are talking about. When a doctor tweets "Sashay (or whoever) was in my office today and man he had a gross tumor on his face" thats illegal and downright unethical.

A doctor tweeting "Had a long day, a couple colonoscopies and an ugly tumor removal that exhausted me" is TOTALLY acceptable. Granted we might not want to hear about that stuff but no patient information is revealed and the focus is really on the doctor is worn out.

Linda states my point again in a very clear way.

And for the most part, doctors are good people who are very overworked.

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