badblackpug
<font color=blue>If you knew her you would be shoc
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- Oct 18, 2005
OP here.
At this point, I am strongly leaning towards contacting the hospital on Monday and asking for a report of who has viewed my son's records.
If the mother did not do it, then no harm has been done, and I will know she is innocent of this behavior and that her daughter is stirring up trouble.
If she did it, then I will have to decide what course of action to take--but that's a different decision to make.
DH and I discussed it, and we think that if we ask the mom at this point, before we know for sure, she is going to deny it (of course--what else could she do?) and maybe even get angry at us for bringing it to her attention or suspecting her of something like that.
I am surprised at how upset my son has been because he feels like his medical records are being made fun of by a doctor. If that happened, she needs to deal with the ramifications. If it did not happen, then he needs to know so that he does not feel that way.
I still seriously doubt it happened, but if you do find out it isn't true, I would contact the mother. Very likely, she doesn't know her daughter said this, and very likely, the daughter doesn't understand HIPAA or realize how damaging something like this could be to her mother's reputation. The mother should, at least, have the opportunity to have a dialogue with her daughter about spouting off at the mouth.
The mother shouldn't be punished for her daughter doing something that is very typical of dramatic teen girls, that she, probably, had no knowledge of.