Posted by Racer on May 12, 2005, at 22:11:23 [reposted on May 12, 2005, at 23:11:50 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Doctor/Patient Confidentiality, posted by JackD on May 12, 2005, at 18:11:03
> No he didn't mention why he would listen to the person who called. He's just very shrewd, and condescending and generally dislikes me (and thinks I'm naive).
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> Today I spoke with a friend, a girlfriend of mine who called to speak to him and vouch for me, and she told me that he divulged ALL of my information to him, and on top of that accused me to her of being a drug addict and abusing my medications. His only evidence of this is that on several occasions my antidepressant scripts have been asked to be filled a few days early several months in a row (i'm not perfect about counting out exactly how many pills there are, but who would abuse an antidepressant??? it's ridiculous, and humiliating).
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> By the way, I don't have any history of drug abuse on record, nor of violent or any other such behavior (or psychosis). I don't have ANY criminal record too. All pluses for me.
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> So what board exactly do I contact? And should I even bother? You guys have been a big help, today I faxed and mailed a letter requesting my chart and all pertinent information, which I think scared the sh*t out of him!OK, now that you've told us all this, he is clearly in violation of federal laws regarding confidentiality. You should certainly report him.
Phillipa is right that an attorney can help you with the paperwork to report him. I'd recommend that you check your county's health department or mental health department, because often there are non-profit law firms or attorneys around who take on this sort of thing pro-bono. Save you a hell of a lot of grief, and money.
Go to it. I forget where you find the information about the law, but you should be able to google it.
Good luck, and feel free to babblemail if you like. May take a few days to answer, but at least I've done some of this myself.
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