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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So Langdon flows HIPAA but whomever told nepo baby’s mom about her missing the sigmoid volvulus was okay? And the autistic dr couldn’t have just looked in her sister’s chart to ensure she got all the info?  Langdon suspected the uti may be sexually related and doesn’t discuss that with the patient?[/quote]

I mean, those are totally different situations. Javadi's screw up isn't her personal health info, HIPAA doesn't apply. She and her mom are work colleagues and her mom heard about something Javadi did at work. Doesn't make it okay that she yelled at Javadi in front of everyone, but it was not unethical for her to have heard about it.

While Becca does get HIPAA protection because her chart and her diagnosis are considered private medical info, and cannot be disclosed to someone not on her care team without her permission. Mel isn't on her care team, and in that situation is "just" the patient's sister. Were Mel not a doctor at the hospital, I think Langdon would have handled it similarly. The point is that Becca is an adult with rights, which include health privacy.

Also I don't think we saw all of Langdon's discussions with Becca about the UTI. The show wanted to wait to reveal Becca's sexual activity until Mel was hearing it. Becca tells Mell that Langdon had told her about the possible causes for a UTI, but we don't see that, so it's possible he had a more extensive conversation with her about sexual activity (all the more reason why it would be inappropriate for him to discuss the case with Mel because the is private info disclosed in confidence to a doctor).[/quote]

Before the deposition called her sway, who was Becca’s doctor?[/quote]

She hadn't been assigned to a doctor yet. Robby made a big deal of making sure Mel wasn't assigned to Becca's case, though did let her choose the doctor who would be. It's obvious Mel was going to try to treat Becca, but the ED correctly didn't allow that to happen.

Btw Mel was kind of rude to Santos (honestly, deserved) when she was picking a doctor for Becca and was like "no, not you" right to Santos' face. But I bet Santos feels like she dodged a bullet now! Mel is going to be a PITA on this case now.[/quote]

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