HIPAA Privacy Law
or maybe they are not aloud because you don't have the volume turned up far enough.
Most people (and law makers and lawyers) consider their medical info more private than name, address, etc. SSN is not supposed to be broadcast BTW. But the ultimate answer.is one I heard a lot when I was a kid, " because they said so ". Site owners make the rules.What private information is transmitted? I bet its less than a normal traffic stop where name,birthday,license(Or SSN) are transmitted on nearly every stop.Personally,I don't care about hearing them.
RR isn't a healthcare provider, so HIPAA doesn't have anything to do with it. (It's still a good rule, though.)
Agree, but HIPAA does not apply anyway. Even if RR was a Health care Provider. The only time it would apply is if the EMS unit/s give the patients name and address. No EMS systems that I am aware of provide such identifying factors during a med report. IMO
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Probably not in the med report itself, but if you are listening to both the EMS dispatch channel and the ambulance to hospital channel, you can get a lot of that info between the two. The address is certainly going to be given and in some cases, the last name.
Guess bottom line is.. RR Does not allow it. so if you really want to hear those transmissions, buy a scanner.
Wurd....One last thing about HIPAA and Med Reports and will let it die.
"The Department of Health and Human Services states that the HIPAA privacy rule does require encryption of wireless or other emergency medical radio communications which can be intercepted by scanners".
Source : h t t p://butlersheriff.org/radio/users/guides/hospital-communications/hipaa/
Was going to post the HIPAA page number, but was too lazy to read and find it.
I don't have a problem with it being prohibited on feeds but there is no HIPAA requirement for encryption. I work for a very large medical-related software company and am familiar with it's requirements.