The media needs to respect federal law. Re: tiger woods.

[RB TexLa]

If he wants to release medical information to them he will. If he doesn't release it to them and doesn't sign a HIPAA release, they should respect that and and report that due to federal privacy laws they have no report on his private medical information.

[RB TexLa]

1. Really? A human being's right to have their medical information private is being unrecommended?

wow.

[Pab Sungenis]

5. I'd swear there must be an UnRecBot out there.

Although the lurking freepers and the Blue DUgs do pretty well at it all on their own.

[Mythbuster]

2. HIPPA

Only applies to medically related entities and individuals who are providing direct patient care or have legal access to the patient's records. HIPPA does not apply to, nor regulate the media or any outside individuals. If there was a confidentiality breach in this case, it was by one of these medical entities, not the media. The media simply reports what they receive... or they should anyway.

[RB TexLa]

3. And who are they going to get the medical information from? They should not try to entice someone

to violate someone's right to medical privacy. We have no right to his medical information.

[Mythbuster]

4. According to what I've seen reported

the information came from the police report of the accident, which is certainly not subject to HIPPA laws.