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PATIENTS FIGHTING TO GET MORE
CONTROL OVER THEIR RECORDS.
DOCTOR, NICE TO SEE YOU.
HOW MUCH OF OUR HEALTH
INFORMATION IS TRULY PRIVATE?
SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED THAT OUR
BOSSES CAN TAKE A PEAK AT OUR
MEDICAL DATA?
>> ABSOLUTELY WE SHOULD.
TECHNOLOGY HAS ENABLED US TO
HAVE OUR PRIVACY COMPLETELY
TAKEN AWAY BY THOSE THAT HOLD
OUR DATA.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT TIM
ARMSTRONG ACTUALLY KNEW WHICH OF
HIS EMPLOYEES HAD THE DISTRESSED
BABIES WHEN HE MADE THAT
COMMENT?
>> YES.
>> REALLY?
THAT HE --
>> YES.
>> SO HERE'S SOMETHING THAT
YOU -- MAY NOT COME AS A
SURPRISE TO YOU BUT I WAS
STUNNED WHEN I HEARD IT.
I HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS ONLY 8
WEEKS PREGNANT AND SHE GOT A
CALL ABOUT A MATERNITY SUPPORT
PROGRAM OFFERED BY HER EMPLOYER.
SHE HAD NOT GONE PUBLIC WITH THE
PREGNANCY, SHE HAD NOT TOLD MANY
PEOPLE ABOUT IT.
AS YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WAIT
UNTIL 20 BEFORE THEY TELL
ANYBODY.
HOW COMMON IS IT FOR EMPLOYERS
TO KNOW SPECIFIC HEALTH
INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR WORKERS,
EVEN BEFORE THEIR SPOUSES MIGHT
KNOW?
>> IT'S -- IT'S VERY COMMON,
JAKE.
IN FACT, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT
OF STARTING PATIENT PRIVACY
RIGHTS.
WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THIS
MOST SENSITIVE PERSONAL
INFORMATION ANYMORE AND IT
VIOLATES TRUST, IT'S SEARING,
IT'S VERY, VERY DISTURBING TO
PEOPLE TO HAVE STRANGERS THEY
DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THESE
PERSONAL THINGS KNOWING INTIMATE
DETAILS.
>> NOW, THERE ARE LAWS
PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM FIRING
INDIVIDUALS, DISCRIMINATING
AGAINST THEM BECAUSE OF HEALTH
INFORMATION, THERE ARE HIPAA
RECORDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO
KEEP THINGS PRIVATE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT A PATIENT
CAN DO TO KEEP THEIR MEDICAL
RECORDS FROM AN EMPLOYER?
>> NO.
THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN WHAT'S
GOING ON.
YOU CAN SIGN UP ON OUR WEBSITE,
PATIENTPRIVACYRIGHTS TO FIND OUT
WHAT IS GOING ON.
YOU SHOULD SIGN YOUR PETITION
THAT YOUR DATA NOT BE EXCHANGED
WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT AND YOU CAN
TELL US YOUR STORY.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
FIGHT BACK.
>> AND COMPANIES WILL ARGUE THAT
THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE HEALTH
INSURANCE.
THEY ARE PAYING FOR THESE
PROCEDURES.
>> NO.
>> AND THEY, THEREFORE, MIGHT
HAVE A LEGITIMATE REASON IF THEY
ARE SELF-INSURED, IF IT'S A
SELF-INSURED EMPLOYER.
IS THAT A FAIR ARGUMENT AT ALL?
>> NO.
WE PAY.
THE EMPLOYEES PAY.
THEY DON'T PAY.
IT'S TRUE THAT SELF-INSURED
EMPLOYERS DO HAVE A RIGHT TO
LOOK AT THE INFORMATION BUT THEY
SHOULDN'T.
THERE ARE COMPANIES LIKE IBM