Highly Sensitive Information

When I practiced internal medicine, asking a patient to go through psychological testing usually meant that the patient would never return to my office.  The issue was too sensitive for many reasons, including the possibility that someone related to the patient socially or through a business connection  (i.e., a spouse, employer or insurance company) would gain access to that information with serious consequences for the patient.

The sensitivity of psychological records remains an issue under federal privacy laws.  Following, is a notice I received today (9/7/2010) which may be of interest to my readers: