You probably are like that seems unbelievable. There is no way over one hundred thousand patients of Podiatrists have had their records stolen. What about HIPAA? Does that mandate that protections are put in place? You would think so wouldn’t you, but do the math here:
https://healthitsecurity.com/news/hackers-cause-possible-healthcare-data-breach-for-40k-patients
And these are just the thefts of Podiatrists’ public records that became public knowledge. Needless to say if this happened to a Podiatrist it would ruin them. There is no reason for a Podiatrist to be cheap about protecting their records but some are. You would think you would do everything you can to avoid legal consequences . Pro Tip: use professionals to guard your medical records so you are not part of the Podiatrist who had over 100,000 records stolen from them.
Well, at least a patient (customer) doesn’t have much to worry about as far as the public’s learning of any medical complexity from a technicians office. What will they learn? Pronation, Equinus, Orthotic, Toenails. Not much actual disease in a Podiatrists notes. Their wtf certificate precludes the treatment of anything more than minor local conditions. Anything complex they need to refer to a DOCTOR. A Pod may want to protect his notes so the public doesn’t really see what a pod actually does.