I know the town of Cheshire has been looking into this supposed HIPAA violation where my name was said over the police radio and heard on scanners when I needed medical attention.
Well I THINK I may have found the answer. Even though I really believe it is a ‘gray area” and this incident was worth looking into even as a learning experience. I still have an issue with the time differences on the police report. The police are saying the incident occurred at the time of the arrival of the patrol car to the scene which according to the report is “10:53.”
I have something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I have arrival of the patrol car on scene at 10:07 p.m. This is a FAR CRY from what they have. It isn’t even close and that is just one discrepancy.
The police I believe, are trying to link two incidents into one because of what I believe to be a Fourth Amendment violation. I am waiting for the ACLU to respond. Then I will take if from there.
Now I do get upset but I try to research and be honest. Here is an excerpt from a question and answer article on possible Hipaa violations. They present scenarios and then provide answers.
The Privacy Rule permits disclosure of health information in many circumstances without requiring the individual’s consent to the disclosure. These circumstances include the following:
- Disclosures or uses necessary to treatment, payment, or health care operations. This means, for example, that a care provider may release information to another treatment provider at discharge, because the disclosure is necessary for treatment. In addition, “health care operations” is defined broadly and includes quality improvement, case management, and care coordination among other things.
HIPAA also permits other disclosures without the individual’s consent. Those relevant here include disclosures for public health activities; judicial and administrative proceedings; law enforcement purposes; disclosures necessary to avert a serious threat to health or safety; and disclosures mandated under state abuse and neglect laws. In the example provided at the beginning of this fact sheet, the hospital properly could have notified law enforcement of the presence of the arrestee in the hospital under the provision of HIPAA that permits a covered entity to disclose protected health information to a law enforcement official’s request for “information for the purpose of identifying or locating a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person” (164.512(f) (2). While this section limits the type of information that may be disclosed for this purpose, it is clear that identifying information can be disclosed.
Now to switch gears, I mentioned in an earlier post about discussing the true meaning of Stanley Kubrick’s epic film “2001 A Space Odyssey. Well I did find an interesting piece on just that. It is an animation of the original movie-very well done, but very drawn out.
Don’t watch this at work or YOU WILL BE FIRED!! IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET TO THE POINT. The ‘video” is divided into four sections. You have to click on opening title to get it going. There are no directions which is weird.
Anyway, this explanation tends to fall into line with most of the “non cultist” explanations or “politically correct” explanations that 2001 basically shows mankinds ascent from apelike creatures to masters of their own technology and how technology ends up being the undoing of mankind and they must begin again.
However, in the opening of this piece on 2001, there is a quote from Kubrick stating that you may interpret 2001 anyway you wish. Kubrick never explains the movie. He leaves it up to the individual viewer.
To many people, the crucial part of this movie is in the beginning with the monolith. There are two groups of pre-historic man-apes if you will, sitting around in caves grunting when a black monolith appears rising from the ground. One group of apemen goes over to the monolith and eventually one gets up enough courage to touch it. Then the other apemen in that group or tribe touches it.
At the very next scene you see that same ape men group that touched the monolith discover that they can use animal bones as weapons and in the scene after that, you see that ape men group attack another ape man group and defeat them because they are using the animal bone weapons.
You then see one of the ape men throw the animal bone up into the air and then the scene switches to a space ship in modern day time.
This is the controversial part of the movie. There are people out there that believe that scene is the beginning of the white race. The group of ape men that touched the monolith (which was left by intelligent aliens) allowed that particular group to become enlightened and to create advanced civilizations on Earth.
These theorists if you will, some people call them white supremists or just plain racists, point to the affect European civilization has had on our world as an example. This fervor has died down over the years but there are still people who believe this. AND IT IS STILL VERY CONTROVERSIAL AND IS NOT SPOKEN ABOUT TOO MUCH IN PUBLIC.
This monolith does appear in the movie in the future on the moon. Some theorists believe these are the aliens trying to reach us again because they believe we need their help.
That is all I will say about it. I will not offer my personal beliefs. But just do research and decide for yourselves.
About 10 years ago, I took my oldest son to East Hartford to a Star Trek convention. Gary Lockwood who played the astronaut in 2001, (he was killed by Hal the computer), was there. I actually asked him about the meaning of the movie but he did not answer me.
Click here for the “Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey Explained”
To view this, click on the title in the center of the screen.
Also: by request from a reader: U2-”Beautiful Day” (which just happens to be my answer tone). This is a SEXY video that I am dedicating to SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL.
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I’m not a hopeless caseU2-”Beautiful Day”
