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They do 'share' the info.
I filled it out honestly and about a month later, out of the blue, I get something from a drug company asking me if I would participate in a drug trial for an anti-depressant or some such bull$h!t.
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Sigh... Anything they ask you during the questionnaire is protected health information and cannot be shared with anyone. They can only share DV information or information that you intend to violently harm either yourself or others (and that is information that they are legally required to report, not something that they have a choice in). Being a gun owner does not count as information that they can share.
I'm quite sure that Doctors (like anyone else) can share any data they have as long as it's aggregated in a way that conceals individual identities. .
Sadly, the security of digital patient info is FUBAR... Your prescriptions are certainly readily accessible/sold as demonstrated by the swag you get if have a recurring prescription...Well...for qmmo to get mail it's evident that his identlty wasn't kept secret.
Irritates the !@#$ out of me that we already have fully functional "thought police" in the arena of raising kids (which requires spanking and is helped with exposure to firearms...)[sad2]Here is what my parents told me as a child and I strongly think it should be used by all:
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Next thing to do, is see if he would like to go to the range just for a fun and educational day out. Well we can wait for the next visit I have, then I will pop the question. One day at a time, one person at a time, but I will take what I can get.
Here is what my parents told me as a child and I strongly think it should be used by all:
"If you tell anyone that we spank you (or whatever is of concern), the state will move you out of here and make you live with another family in roxbury, where they wont take you to chuckie cheese, no clean clothes, and you share a bed with 2 fat kids."
Needless to say, I kept my mouth shut about everything...
Understood - I was just expressing my random irritation that they need to be given this speech (because the thought police are out there already)...It was just an example to make sure kids keep their mouths shut about whatever goes on in the house.
Well...for qmmo to get mail it's evident that his identlty wasn't kept secret.
How about a Rifleman patch? Gotta earn it, but it's not that hard - I did it!Now, instead of a Rainbow flag, what should we use for a symbol? A bullseye target with holes? A clay target in pieces? "AA" (as in 2A).
"If you tell anyone that we spank you (or whatever is of concern), the state will move you out of here and make you live with another family in roxbury, where they wont take you to chuckie cheese, no clean clothes, and you share a bed with 2 fat kids."
They do 'share' the info. Example: I've had a really bad year - I almost croaked, my father passed, I lost my job, my next ex has a 'girlfriend', etc. At my last physical the ditzy NP that administered it gave me a form to fill out after hearing about my recent calamities (yeah, I'm cranky, but I have a right to be that way lately...it will pass). It looked to be a questionaire about depression or some such silliness. I filled it out honestly and about a month later, out of the blue, I get something from a drug company asking me if I would participate in a drug trial for an anti-depressant or some such bull$h!t. I am furious with the whole thing and am now looking for a new PCP.
It is none of their freakin' business and if you think your info is safe and is held in confidence, think again - it isn't. Citing laws against this and laws against that doesn't mean squat as the burden is on YOU to prove confidentiallity was violated, not on THEM to prove they didn't.
Yeah, yeah, I know....I'm an old irritable curmudgeon and need to lighten up. I'm going to the range and chrono some .308 match I just made up. I know that will make me feel better.
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Gun user medical notes alert plan
Christopher, Jillian and Kirstie Foster
Mr Foster unlawfully killed his wife and daughter, a coroner recorded
Lasting legacy of Osbaston House
Doctors may be able to see whether patients with mental illnesses have access to guns under new plans.
It comes a year after Christopher Foster shot dead his wife Jill and teenage daughter Kirstie before killing himself and setting his mansion alight.
It emerged at the inquest that he had told his doctor that he felt suicidal.
The coroner called in April for communication between GPs and police forces, who issue gun licences, to be improved.
John Ellery recorded that Mr Foster, 50, had unlawfully killed his 49-year-old wife and 15-year-old daughter at their house in Maesbrook on 26 August 2008.
'Aide-memoire'
His brother Andrew expressed shock after the inquest that police were not told about his mental state and said better communication could have prevented the killings.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said it had been in talks with the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) about the plans.
Fire-damaged Osbaston House in Maesbrook, Shropshire
The £1.2m mansion was gutted in the fire last summer
It said medical records could be tagged to indicate that the patient either held a firearms or shotgun licence or had applied for one.
It said in a statement: "In the BMA's view such a system can be appropriate, provided it is used as part of the ordinary care given to a patient.
"It can, for example, be a useful aide-memoire, to remind doctors that the patient has, or may have, access to a firearm.
"Such a system should not, however, imply that the GP practice has taken on particular obligations to monitor or oversee the mental health of individuals holding firearms licences."
The tagging would mean a patient's computerised records are marked so when a doctor looks at them important information is flagged up immediately.
A similar system is currently used to flag up allergies or any other issues medical staff need to be aware of.
Acpo said in a statement it had been "exploring a number of options as to how information can be shared, without breaching patient confidentiality, and yet ensuring improved public safety".
It said draft guidance was in the process of being prepared.
Both Andrew Foster and Mr Ellery refused to comment on the planned guidelines.
Christopher Foster was a failed businessman who had debts of at least £1.2m.
Financial investigator Patrick Kelly said Mr Foster had mortgaged his home three times and had 20 different bank accounts, one of which was overdrawn by £330,000
His thermal insulation business Ulva Ltd had gone into liquidation in 2007.
Let's all take a tip from the United States Secret Service spokespeople, when they are asked stupid questions by the media about security measures that they use to protect the POTUS. A polite but firm "no comment" is the standard USSS response. Kids should be taught to answer the same way.My daughter tells the truth. Yes, guns are locked securely and it's Dad's concern not mine.
She: " How are they stored?"
Me: "[STRIKE]Properly[/STRIKE] Clean and oiled."