Submitted 1 day ago by vrek@programming.dev to [deleted]
Obviously like prescriptions are different to ensure safety and dosages and such. I mean like the notes to show that you or your child actually went to the doctor. Has anyone ever called like “hi, yeah so I just wanted to confirm my employee John saw your employer yesterday and confirm they are a real doctor”
I can’t imagine any manager actually has enough free time and enough pettiness to actually do that, am I wrong?
No, since it’s not allowed where I live. You can’t say whether a someone is your patient or not without a waiver.
Do places still request a “doctors note” there?
Yes, that’s kind of funny since the name of the doctor is on that. But if the employer were to call, you wouldn’t be allowed to tell him anything. Now it has been digitized anyway and I have no idea what information is conveyed on that “digital doctor’s note”.
No
I would question your qualifications for answering but you answered as fast as possible and left. That defines my experience with medical professionals.
Your insurance doesn’t cover multisyllabic answers, sorry.
I don’t think most people would really care about a one off… but if it becomes a regular thing and/or the person has very low credibility then they’ll be more interested on if they’ve been taken for a ride or not.
Probably true
I was an Army Social Worker and I did confirmed appointments for soldiers.
Any appointments or just special ones? Like if a soldiers went to a doctor for a stomach ache? Or just if they got all the shots to travel to the Congo?
I only reported if they had an appointment at the clinic I worked at. All we were allowed to tell the soldiers command is the date and time and location of the appointment, no other details.
When hour in the army, your command can verify any appointment a soldier has. So while i don’t know of any “sick call” reporting, i am sure that happens.
Wouldn’t even just responding to that kind of inquiry be a massive HIPPA violation?
There are quite a few exceptions built into HIPAA. I’m sure there would be something as you describe, but also there are things like if a crime occurred on the premises of the provider (or whatever) and they think they recognize the person in their security footage as a patient, they can give that information to law enforcement (as one would expect with non-healthcare organizations).
Another is that if someone is talking with a patient in a double room with only a curtain separating, someone overhearing the conversation is considered incidental and not a HIPAA violation
Hmmm…true
So why does every company/school ask for a “doctors note” if they can’t?
Some research shows that HIPPA does allows them to confirm the authenticity of the note and the date and time of the appointment but nothing else.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think I actually did once. But only because this particular employee was so unreliable that we had told her that we’d for her for calling off without a doctor’s excuse.
Sure enough, she called off, but she did bring in a doctor’s note… that just happened to look like she wrote it on the way to work.
I called the number on it later that day and I’m pretty sure she was the one that answered before hanging up on me.
vrek@programming.dev 1 day ago
Lol, please tell me it was actually written and not printed.
PoastRotato@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It was so long ago, I don’t exactly remember what it looked like, but I do remember laughing at how little effort went into it.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
A doctors note has to be in the doctors official letterhead…
starlinguk@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Try getting a doctor’s note when you have ME or something.