Is it a HIPAA violation if a doctor checks your pharmacy records?

[Noah]

Is it a HIPAA violation if a doctor checks your pharmacy records? Nurse or doctor from a pain management center. Just curious...thanks!

 

[Bethany]

No doctors can check your pharmacy records anytime they check to see if you are getting meds from any other doctor like pain meds.

 

[johnsms]

If you had access to your patient's pharmacy records, you can access them to help you make an informed medical decision on your patient. But, you must keep this information private, and avoid sharing it with friends or family members.

 

[kevin001]

As far as I know, it is not a violation, because if you changed the doctor, or went to a different doctor for some reason, that doctor might get an idea about your current status and health using that info. But that information should be strictly between the doctor and the patient.

 

[Martinsx]

As long as the doctor remains ethical in his handling of your pharmacy records or any other health information, I don't seem any violation because whatever information he's got about your health situation would be to help offer you the best service.

During one of the medical check-up, the hospital doctor did ask me some questions about the kind of drugs that I used to take with regards to why I came for a check-up. So, it's a normal thing.

 

[Henry]

If you had access to your patient's pharmacy records, you can access them to help you make an informed medical decision on your patient. But, you must keep this information private, and avoid sharing it with friends or family members.

You are right @johnsms as the part where the doctors should keep every detail a secret is what matters most. I have seen patients sue their health consultants for revealing some key details of their medical history and that is what we should frown at.

 

[Caitlin27]

As long as the information is kept private, the doctor is within their right to access this information if it will help make an informed assessment of your current condition and aid them in coming to a conclusive diagnosis and thus offer you the correct line of treatment.