Can we talk about it out loud?

So I am sitting here at home in Katy with my favoritest new high school freshman sister Doha (who at this very moment is contemplating making a blueberry pie vs. tart....every time I talk to her she goes pie or tart? I can't get her off the subject. I am not complaining :)) and she was asking me why I don't blog as often anymore.

Some of you know that recently Baylor has come down with the heavy gavel (is that a word?) on the subject of blogs. Supposedly they are a legal risk per risk management. IE let's say I blog on call and say I am tired. And let's say I were to make a mistake in pt care. Then some weirdo lawyer could theoretically say 'haha...isn't it true you were tired when you made the decision to whatever whatever? isn't it true you are sometimes uncertain about your decisions with patient care?'

I am not angry about this at all.

So I am telling Doha this and she goes, oh, is that part of the Hippocratic oath too? Then I had to explain the difference to her between HIPPA (legal confidentiality for doctors) and the Hippocratic oath (which now come to think of it do they share letters on purpose?)

and she says in a low voice 'are we alowed to talk about it out loud?'

She was serious. Great stuff!!
and an inspiration to blog..
:)
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