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Health Care Professionals Rebut Bad Reviews By Disclosing Patients' Information
- Pro Publica, Tuesday, May 31, 2016 7:42 AM
Some doctors, dentists and other health care professionals are sharing details about patients' conditions in order to rebut bad reviews on sites like Yelp, Vitals and RateMD, Pro Publica reports. Doing so may violate a federal patient privacy law that forbids medical personnel from disclosing patients' health data without their consent.
