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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27


@Tennesseegal wrote:

@Bird mama wrote:

So I received a letter yesterday from some company named Inmediata.  They advised me that there was a data security breach discovered in January 2019 and that my data was exposed (not the SS number though).  So I sat there thinking, who in the heck is this?  I called the number to find out how this company received my PHI (protected health information) in the first place.  I think their customer service was not in country (so to speak).  The lady who answered the call (Mayte) decided to recite the contents of the letter.

 

I said, I don't know your company from Adam.  What gave you access to my PHI?  Mayte wasn't prepared for that question Woman Very Happy  I'm fortunate that I see two doctors and that's only once per year per doctor.  

 

Mayte said it had to do with insurance.  I said, not likely.  I retired from the insurance company that insures me and they don't use you.  I'm 99.9% sure that my health system doesn't use you.  My ob/gyn however uses a tablet for patients to register each year and in January they provided me a link to register online (ahead of time) and like an idiot I registered ahead of time. 

 

Mayte confirmed that was how they got my PHI.

 

SMH, one of the downsides of the government insisting on electronic medical records.  


@Bird mama 

This stuff scares me.  I read on MSN yesterday where Google tracks us if we use their apps.  Why?  Why does Google do that?  I find that creepy.


you might be able to turn that off, go in to settings

I turned most of it off

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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27


@LTT1 wrote:

@jackthebear 

 

I think my health portals are different, no?

In order to communicate through one of the portals, it is like trying to go through the US Treasury. Many many stop-gaps such as name and password.

And in order to set it up, I have to get a token from the doctor’s staff.

They send my results through it too.

 

Now my derm, Dr. McDermy, (see pic) (McSteamy/Eric Dane)

his office has a portal , which his nurse said  “we don’t use it.”

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My PCP’s office has a nurse who, I think, loves technology. It is so handy to send a message thru to them/her about something and I get a rapid response! I just love that!


they all might be different, but even though I love the ease of tech, I don't like them . more PWs and it's not necessary for me 

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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27

If y ou were watching old Batman shows you'd know.@SoX

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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27

@PINKdogWOOD 

 

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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27

@Bird mama There you go - you said it better (SoX didn't get what I said).

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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27


@PINKdogWOOD wrote:

@Bird mama There you go - you said it better (SoX didn't get what I said).

 

@PINKdogWOOD 

 

I get it now ... (back to the Bat Cave)   Smiley Embarassed


 

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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27

Don't feel bad, it kind of came out of left field @SoX 

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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27

@lolakimono @Bird mama @SoX @PINKdogWOOD @jackthebear 

 

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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27

@LTT1   This is funny. Along the same lines, DH got a new Iphone from his boss/work. Neither of us have Iphones (this is a laugh riot by many I know). When he first got it he'd talk to Siri stuff, once I was standing with him and called out to Siri. She said she didn't recognize 'that voice'. She & DH laughed. I called her a b*tch, she called me a b*tch. Then she laughed. I walked away.

 

This has now become a real joke b/t DH & me.

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Re: A.M. Style Live Chat, 7:00, 4/27

@PINKdogWOOD 

 

Its sort of scary/funny, right?

Thanks for your story!

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