Physical Exam Records

So I have a friend who used to work for a local factory here.. his job was to human resources which included scheduling new hires for physical exams.

Part of his job was to maintain their records on file in a seperate file cabinet in his office.

...can help but wonder what some of those files on some of those peeps must reveal.

....any thoughts??

Do you know that is against the law. You could get sued and go to jail if you told anyone what you saw.

Actually Candy is right. The USA may be different, but Canada has a law called the Personal Privacy Protection Act which controls the people who collect ANY information and has severe penalties for breach of those controls. Confidential medical information is at the top of the list for protection under the PPPA.

An individual's right to privacy is a law in Canada but regardless of that, a real person's actual medical records are not a source of eroticism in my opinion.

In the US we have HIPAA, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. There is a Privacy Rule as part of the act that covers patient information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act

Sorry djboy, nice try, but no cigar.

If your friend was maintaining files with medical information in them in the HR office, then the company he worked for would shortly be out of business because they'd have to pay more in fines than they could possibly afford.

When an employee is referred to a physician for a physical, the only thing the physician can tell the employer is whether or not the employee has any condition that would make him/her unfit for employment. The physician can't even tell the employer what that condition might be.

As for blood or urine screening for illicit substances, the only information a physician can reveal is "positive" or "negative". Not too much salacious stuff there.

An employer that keeps more information that that is in direct violation of so many labor statutes that I don't even know where to begin. And a physician that reveals more than that needs to be disciplined most severely.

Off the soapbox, and back to studying medical ethics!

LadyDoc

I didnt see the records myself...

But no your incorrect. They do obtain results, along with the approval for "fit for dutty" authoriazation.

A few of the gentlemen (term used loosely) do not seem to understand what "Privacy" means. To make it simple: It's none of your freaking business!

Firstly, so what if you discover Mary Jane has chronic vaginal yeast infections or Paul has Erectile Dysfunction with a standing Rx for Viagra. Is that going to improve how you see those people in the future? Of course not, every time you see them that will be the first thing you associate. It does not make sense to do something which could potentially degrade that person, in most cases there are things you are better off not knowing unless they choose to tell you themselves.

Secondly, put yourself on the other side. How would you feel if your most intimate details were being seen by some person who had no reason or right to see? You would feel violated as if something was stolen from you which can't be recovered and you would be wondering how many other people have been told. If that isn't enough, consider they did it as a cheap thrill for their own sexual arousal. Most people would probably take legal action in retaliation if they could.

MedFet has many facets and everyone has a bit of a different take on things. Maybe the voyeurism of peeking is the turn-on but you must never violate or even consider violating another person's rights as part of your fantasy or fetish. Even if it was "just a thought".

I would not be concerned about the human resources department at any of my places of employment seeing the exam form from my physical. It might bother me if I had any embarrassing abnormalities or if there was specific information about my body--especially genitalia.

So I have a friend who used to work for a local factory here.. his job was to human resources which included scheduling new hires for physical exams.

Part of his job was to maintain their records on file in a seperate file cabinet in his office.

...can help but wonder what some of those files on some of those peeps must reveal.

....any thoughts??

First you accompany new higher male strip club dancers for their employment physicals and now this absurd mularchy? There are many intelligent people who visit this site including experienced medical professionals who understand the legal implications within their chosen professions. It is really insulting when you post such nonsense so please, just stop already. Thank You.

So I have a friend who used to work for a local factory here.. his job was to human resources which included scheduling new hires for physical exams.

Part of his job was to maintain their records on file in a seperate file cabinet in his office.

...can help but wonder what some of those files on some of those peeps must reveal.

....any thoughts??

I think you live a very rich fantasy life. Your grammatical and spelling skills are less than desirable as well. Get help.

Fun to think about, but highly illegal to act upon.

Besides, I suspect most detailed notes on physical exams these days are kept on encrypted computer files rather than on a piece of paper in a file cabinet.

Speaking as someone who has seen, and written, literally tens of thousands of medical records I've gotta say that the odds of seeing anything titillating are vanishingly small.