NOT FUNNY -- TV reporter's meltdown

No, I'm suggesting it would be a HIPAA violation. At least under the interpretation used in my shop.

 

Two plus the foul. Well done.

 

a media outlet isn't subject to hippa rules when reporting. the hospital, doctors, etc., would be but not the media covering the story.

 

They're calling it a migraine and she will talk about it tonight. Film at 11.


http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/02/serene_branson_says_migra.php

 

A media outlet isn't but an employer can be.

 

Exactly. The media outlet in question is her employer.

 

Maybe Serene has a knife in her skull?

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-knife-skull-20110217,0,655449.story

 

She is interviewed about the incident.


http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/02/serene_branson_goes_natio.php

 

an employer may be subject to other privacy issues but they are not usually considered "covered entities" when it comes to hipaa (a thousand lashes for not realizing i kept typing "hippa" before) regulations, which apply to health plans, health care clearinghouses and health care providers. From my understanding, an employer would only be considered a covered entity if they operate as a health plan, a provider or provide a self-insured health plan to employees, etc.

 

It was clearly government mind control caused by microwaves:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372538/Are-government-microwave-mind-control-tests-causing-TV-presenters-brains-melt-down.html

 

or rather a transient ischemic attack (TIA), which is similar to a stroke but is merely a warning sign that the person is in danger of a stroke, often within months.
So the news organizations could say that it wasn't a stroke and they weren't lying

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient_ischemic_attack

 

When I get a severe migraine, I can say some weird things. If that happens, though, I wouldn't be in any physical shape to stand in front of a camera.