keep someone from fing out if you are in the hospital
2006-09-20 13:02:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
It depends on what diagnosis you enter in and it depends on your age. With minor illness which doesnt affect your daily living, to say with less complications expected, you can come out unnoticed but on the other hand its impossible with major or life threatening illness.
Moreover it depends on the hospital policy you visit, and the National Laws in Department of Health.
2006-09-20 13:16:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
With the HIPPA laws, your privacy will be protected, but if you do not want friends, family, etc. finding out, ask the admitting clerk. The hospital I worked for would do that, they would give the person an anonymous name, and only let certain staff know who they really were. They had a TV news anchor giving birth one time and all her fellow anchors were calling the labor floor threatening us to give out the patient names (this was before HIPPA). We all just laughed.
2006-09-20 13:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by Dawn C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are laws here in the US to protect your confidentiality. It is called the HIPPA law and you can request that no information be given out about you. Even if someone calls the hospital to see if you are there, whoever they speak with will state that they have nobody by your name if you choose to do this.
2006-09-20 13:08:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends which country you are in. In England as long as you are not there for use of illegal substitutes, sexual abuse or domestic violence, you have the right to privacy.
However, if you are under 16 your parents will be informed.
2006-09-20 13:14:38 · answer #4 · answered by tiz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, the hospital will say if you are there, they just cannot say why, unless they say it is your mother or father calling.
2006-09-20 13:07:38 · answer #5 · answered by Boricua Born 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about other countries, but in the USA, there are laws that protect your privacy in that regard.
2006-09-20 13:05:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you should have signed a form when you got there.HIPPA form.If you signed it they cant tell anyone that you've been there,etc.
2006-09-20 14:14:15 · answer #7 · answered by butterfly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yes, especially if you're in icu or the dying ward.
they're very protective.
2006-09-20 13:10:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can choose to do that
2006-09-20 13:13:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-09-20 13:05:34 · answer #10 · answered by rustybones 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋