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...hasn't experienced that sinking feeling during a visit to the pharmacy ("Yoohoo! Your Viagra prescription is ready!"), or the face-reddening trauma of a teenage trip to the dermatologist ("The doctor's ready for your pimples, now, dear.")? If a new law is successful, those excruciating moments are a thing of the past. As of April 14th, we're all protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - a law designed to shield medical information from the prying eyes of individuals and companies...
...Even as the arguments over HIPAA continue, every doctor's office in the country is changing its policies on what its patients can see, and how much of that information is made public. Here are a few things you should know about the new laws before you make your next doctor's appointment...
...will my visit to the doctor be changed by HIPAA? You probably won't notice a huge difference - you'll still sign your name when you come in the door, and your name will be called when it's time for you to see the doctor. But you won't write down the reason for your appointment, and your chart, which is slipped into a pocket on the outside of the exam room door, will face inward to keep anyone in the hallway from reading...
...still communicate with my doctor via email? If you are one of the lucky few whose doctor actually returns their emails, fear not. You can still email back and forth with your doc, assuming you are using an encrypted (secure) network...
...drew from his experiences acting as a translator for his grandmother, a Puerto Rican immigrant, during her doctor visits...