Vanderbilt turns over transgender patient records to state AG for investigation
Vanderbilt turns over transgender patient records to state AG for investigation
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) handed over medical records of transgender patients to the Tennessee Attorney General’s office, a spokesperson for the center confirmed Tuesday. John How…
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This is absolutely horrifying. Can anyone explain how this isn’t a massive HIPAA violation? Or is it, but there’s just nothing to be done because it’s the AG requesting records?
Edit: spelled HIPAA wrong
As my spouse often remarks, “The ‘P’ in HIPAA stands for ‘portability’, not ‘privacy’.” 😩
Damn. I clearly need to read up more on HIPAA. I haven't dug too much into this, but it looks like at least one person has challenged this as a HIPAA violation (source). I wish I had more confidence that anything would come of that.