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NASA says targeting ISS medical evacuation for January 14

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I love dogs and people. I want living creatures to thrive. I love to cook, and share the food, but ya gotta get in line in front of the dog.

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  1. Sadly the truth is boring.

    One of the four astronauts in that crew suffered from an un-named ‘medical issue’ that could not be managed on-board the ISS. could be illness, could be an injury, could be something else…

    They’re sending all four back down like 2 weeks early because if they just sent the one, it would be a HIPAA violation: identifying the patient.

    now we know it’s just one of four people but that’s sufficient to avoid HIPAA penalties.

    The things you learn when you’ve had to pass 4 different HIPAA training exams because you’re working for IT with a group affiliated with a hospital, a university and two different Health Care companies on a program that deals with detailed PHI for thousands of patients on Medicare.

    There were times I could recite actual sections of the law from memory …

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    1. Yeah. I got that, too, from the story, but many people would never think of that, and possibly panic a bit. Thanks, BDR, for making sure there is clarity on this!

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