She was using the name Julie, but it wasn't her real name, she said. She is a lawyer, but she doesn't practice law anymore. She is employed in the public sector, near Boston, where she had sought treatment from a big-name healthcare organization.
The reasons for these obfuscations were made plain to attendees of the 2nd Annual International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy this month in Washington.
Julie had spoken there, serving as a star witness as to just how contemptuous our healthcare system can be of patients and their rights and their needs to keep some or all of their medical records private.
I interviewed Julie after her talk.
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