Quote Originally Posted by Michael420
Patient records are, indeed, protected by law. They can, however, be reviewed by several agencies, if they are investigating a physician for wrongdoing. One of those agencies is the DEA.

Our records will be highly encrypted and stored in a secure database. I'd like to maybe get a server offshore - not in the US. I think that's probably ideal.
Ooops! There we go with that "on the job training" again. They actually can't "be reviewed by several agencies". Where did Michael get that idea? They have to have a federal subpoena. The DEA has already been slapped down by a federal court judge when they tried this in Washington and Oregon. Hopefully, Michael will do a little homework before he starts "practicing" his knowledge of the law on patients.

Michael was paid for building an encrypted database to protect our patient records. He volunteered to do this because he knew we didn't have much money, but he then demanded payments over a three month period. This database never worked...not for even one day. Thank goodness we were able to get a professional programmer (another patient) to build a real live working, encrypted, database...in four days. It was working five days after Michael demanded further payments for his non-working database....and all of our patient records are now secure.

Since Michael has no patients, no records, no employees, no "501C(3)" corporation, no attorney, or any organization of volunteers...it's basically just him and his girlfriend... he doesn't really have to worry about protecting patient records at this point. Lucky for patients...at least for now.

Steve