Right. Which is exactly the problem. There isn’t a single one of the president’s physicians that I’d trust right now after the last few days. I had hoped that staff MDs at Walter Reed would be able to provide a decent patient report in the form of “admitted at xxxx hour, administered remdisivr at yyyy hour”
But they’ve proven they can’t even manage that.
Why under HIPAA rules would they be able to give out any of that information?
HIPAA rights can be waived away by the patient. Presumably the president would be willing to waive those rights in order to be forthcoming with the US people.
That's a big presumption.
Not with this president
The public interest outweighs the safeguards of HIPAA. But it's likely not automatic - up to POTUS to waive their HIPAA rights.