Comments on: Unemployment: My Own Personal Recession

By: Scott B

Scott B — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:59:19 +0000

Anne,
Have at it.

By: Anne Cloward

Anne Cloward — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:41:29 +0000

Scott, may I link to your article in my blog, http://annecloward.wordpress.com/
I want to discuss this topic and think you make some excellent points.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:44:09 +0000

MikeInWeHo,

Well, if what you stated were entirely true, I would understand why they have proceeded in the manner in which they have. However, no HIPPA violations were committed. If they were my wifes license to practice medicine would possibly be in jeopardy. This is not the case and the hospital agrees that no laws have been broken. They simply contend that hospital policy was broken, when in fact according to my attorney, they weren’t from from he has read and according to what I have told him. He hasn’t been able to get any representative from the hospital to even speak to him.

By: Scott B.

Scott B. — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:39:10 +0000

Dustin,
WOW! Fancy seeing your name around these parts. What are you up these days? It has been a looooong time.

By: Dustin Huntsman

Dustin Huntsman — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:57:42 +0000

Scott,

I haven’t heard from you since we were writing parking tickets in down town Logan.

Its good to see you are still alive and well. I always appreciated your insights and have missed our talks over slices of bread.

By: Scott B.

Scott B. — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:40:47 +0000

John,

Thanks for the kudos. Out of curiosity, where on LinkedIn was it posted?

By: John Deighton

John Deighton — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:28:59 +0000

Dear Scott,

I found this from a post on Linkedin.com What a powerful and passionate read, thanks for writing it from the heart, truly human and hopeful to so many others.

The gospel is so wonderful and gives us purpose and meaning, even life’s trials can seem overwhelming.

I love to be inspired by others triumphs over adversity, thanks for my daily dose of inspiration today!

All the best from across the pond! Regards, John.

By: Scott B

Scott B — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:08:41 +0000

MikeInWeHo,
Federal laws? Boring. Adversary-causation is much more interesting.

By: MikeInWeHo

MikeInWeHo — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:24:29 +0000

Hey Chad,

It sounds like one of your wife’s colleagues at the hospital tipped her off about the baby you adopted. If this entailed giving her information any information whatsoever about a patient (such as the name of the mother who wanted to give up the baby), that would probably be a violation of federal privacy law. The hospital is required to follow a formal investigation process, or otherwise be at substantial risk itself. Your refusal to cooperate with the investigation would likely be grounds for termination, unfortunately. The situation would be the same at any hospital in the country. My guess it had nothing to do with the adoption itself, which as you note was perfectly legal (not to mention wonderful!).

My hunch is somebody at the hospital ran afowl of something called the HIPAA Privacy Rule:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/index.html

Really sorry you were dragged through that. It sounds awful.

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:31 +0000

Two years ago I was laid off due to restructuring within the company. Within weeks I was able to find employment in the IT field as was my wife who is an RN. It required a relocation to another state. For both of us we were embarking in areas we had no prior direct experience. In less than a year she recieved another offer which came with a nice sign-on bonus. My situation had potential to go south, so we took the offer and relocated again within less than a years time. Because She found herself in the right place at the right time having the money from her sign-on bonus, we were able to adopt a baby girl from the hospital where she worked. And to think… this all started from me being laid off two years prior. Otherwise we wouldn’t have the $20K cash needed for the adoption or have been in the right place to learn about the opportunity. A strange thing has happened in the two months since adopting our little girl. Our employer (we worked for the same health system) has engaged in interviews trying to find out who told us about the adoption opportunity. We protected this person and as a result, wife wife resigned and I was asked to eith resign or be terminated. I wish there were more to tell, but in a nutshell, thats it. The adoption was handled by an attorney and LDS Family Services. Perfectly legal and yet the health system in my judgement is so corrupt that they feel we have done wrong by adipting this child. We can not determine the root of their contempt. Cetainly we feel it is motivated by something of the Adversary. As an RN my wife has already found and accepted another offer for employment. I had an interview today, but left feeling down and discouraged. I can’t explain it. I have seen great blessings come out of adversity and I believe there must be something in store in our future, but the days between now and the future can seem like endless hours. I told my wife how I was feeling after the interview. She said not to worry, “you are doing all you can do.” A simple thing to say, but gave me confidence that I was “doing all that I could do.” To the wives. I have known and lived the frustration and I can say for sure that your simple comments of encouragement are sometimes the driving force that keeps us guys moving forward. On the other hand it can be the end of the train tracks with “the look” or the harsh words. Be careful with those words. Use them to build him up. Hopefully he will do the same for you! These are the tough times. We need to make it through without letting it tear us apart. If handled correctly it should bring us closer together because we overcame the challenges together, as a team.