Isn't HIPPA great?!

Isn't HIPPA great?

So I go to the doctor to get my rib checked out. It might be cracked or it might be a muscle strain.

At any rate they send me to get an x-ray done of the sore spot.

For some reason the x-ray tech decided to x-ray my heart and lungs twice. Then asked me if I had shortness of breath, heart trouble, etc. like 3 times during that last part.

Of course she is not allowed to say anything because she is not the doctor or official x-ray report reader.

So now I'm like, whoa! I wonder what's up with those questions. Should I be having trouble? What did she find?

Now I have to wait a few days to know because of the super strict rules about that kind of stuff.

4 days ago
I thought HIPPA rules state that only the qualified individual is allowed to tell you things about what they find?

4 days ago
OK - So it's not HIPPA! ;-)

Still fun nonetheless.

I'm an x-ray tech. When we do rib x-rays, we don't just shoot the specific area... I do the entire rib cage in 2 different positions, usually 3 or 4 pictures. This is standard protocol. It is also normal to get your history so the radiologist reading your films knows better what to look for, which I'm sure is why she was asking you those questions. Very normal.