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Originally Posted by ke7ovx
I agree with not caring about broadcasting patient info, but new laws in effect from HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), makes it illegal and finable for any institution in healthcare (or any of us that work at a hospital) to "let" anyone not directly associated with that certain patient, to have info about that patient. It's become a privacy protection at it's finest.
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...carried to extremes, if you ask me. Just listen to the hospital TGs and you will see that this "rule" is not adhered to very well, at least not in SL. I even hear patient info on LZ 1 and LZ 2 on occasion. No biggie.
I think the encryption by Life Flight is a much deeper reason than what they are saying. Either way, it hasn't lessened my joy at scanning. There is plenty more to listen to.