OBGYN at Foxhall stole their list when she exited the practice and handed it to new employer

[Anonymous]

Dr. Malone was never my favorite doc there, but many posters here seem unhinged. That might be a result of the tone and content of the Foxhall letter, but I have to wonder if there isn't racism involved as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Malone was never my favorite doc there, but many posters here seem unhinged. That might be a result of the tone and content of the Foxhall letter, but I have to wonder if there isn't racism involved as well.

oh puhleeze! I know her. I know Eric. She was wrong and should not have tweeted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless, Foxhall addressed the issue so they knew it was wrong and they had to address the issue. Also, the tweets were highly inappropriate and unprofessional - there are better ways to address the situation.

What tweets? Her Twitter is entirely normal and there’s nothing whatsoever objectionable.

[Anonymous]

I’m a Nurse Practitioner. It is commonplace to have a contractual agreement that you will not contact patients when you leave a practice to pull them with you to the new one. It seems exceedingly odd that this would be done. Regardless of whether it was in a contract or not, it is unprofessional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Malone was never my favorite doc there, but many posters here seem unhinged. That might be a result of the tone and content of the Foxhall letter, but I have to wonder if there isn't racism involved as well.

No one, save for the “class action” poster has been “unhinged”- and that was someone who was probably trying to get people riled up. Have you ever been on DCUM other than this thread? This has been relatively thoughtful by comparison. I don’t care who the doc is (I got the letter) race/sex- I would think this is unethical and unprofessional behavior. Don’t even start with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Malone was never my favorite doc there, but many posters here seem unhinged. That might be a result of the tone and content of the Foxhall letter, but I have to wonder if there isn't racism involved as well.

Please tell us, how was the tone and content racist? It was a dry business letter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dr. Malone was never my favorite doc there, but many posters here seem unhinged. That might be a result of the tone and content of the Foxhall letter, but I have to wonder if there isn't racism involved as well.

No one, save for the “class action” poster has been “unhinged”- and that was someone who was probably trying to get people riled up. Have you ever been on DCUM other than this thread? This has been relatively thoughtful by comparison. I don’t care who the doc is (I got the letter) race/sex- I would think this is unethical and unprofessional behavior. Don’t even start with that.

+1. If anything, this has been a more heated debate about if this is a HIPAA violation. I do think the appearance of taking and using the patient list is very questionable for both the doc and Alloy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Nurse Practitioner. It is commonplace to have a contractual agreement that you will not contact patients when you leave a practice to pull them with you to the new one. It seems exceedingly odd that this would be done. Regardless of whether it was in a contract or not, it is unprofessional.

...to say the least. She needs to be held accountable.

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry to hear this.

Something similar happened with my doctor in Bethesda. A dietician left the practice and must have exported the names of those of us who saw her. She then sent all of us an email without BCC so we all saw each other’s names and email addresses. It was wrong and disturbing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Nurse Practitioner. It is commonplace to have a contractual agreement that you will not contact patients when you leave a practice to pull them with you to the new one. It seems exceedingly odd that this would be done. Regardless of whether it was in a contract or not, it is unprofessional.

She was one of the original owners. Doubtful she had a standard non-compete.

[Anonymous]

I had the absolute worst experience at Foxhall. They treat their patients like cattle - herded in an out as quickly as possible with the physicians having zero clue who their patients are from day to day and the office personnel were often cold and rude. I’m genuinely amazed how anyone chooses this practice and I’m not surprised that this sh*tshow is associated with this practice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dr. Malone was never my favorite doc there, but many posters here seem unhinged. That might be a result of the tone and content of the Foxhall letter, but I have to wonder if there isn't racism involved as well.

Please tell us, how was the tone and content racist? It was a dry business letter.

I received letter and it was professional and factual.

[Anonymous]

She did a fantastic job performing a circumcision on my newborn son so I’m giving her a pass

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a Nurse Practitioner. It is commonplace to have a contractual agreement that you will not contact patients when you leave a practice to pull them with you to the new one. It seems exceedingly odd that this would be done. Regardless of whether it was in a contract or not, it is unprofessional.

She was one of the original owners. Doubtful she had a standard non-compete.

We’ll, if she was one of the original owners, I would guess that there was some agreement about expectations of one of the owners left. Attempting to take all of your patients with you is extremely poor form. Anyone in medicine understands this.

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Anonymous wrote:I dunno. If I have a doctor, my relationship is with them, not the firm. I appreciate knowing where they land.

+1 That’s how it works for lawyers.

She should send out a letter to clients *before* she leaves, telling them where she is going.

Also, *her* clients, not the whole practice’s list.

There are ways to do this properly. Stealing data is not it.

It’s unethical for a partner in a business to send out info directing clients to another business while you’re still a partner at the first business. This is always done AFTER the move.

Also, if she was a partner (aka owner) she has every right to take client contact information. You people whining about this, don’t know anything.

This seems like an attack from some disgruntled former colleagues at Foxhall. if she was a founding partner of the practice, she may have rights to the client list. We don't know what her agreement was with the practice.