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[–] zout@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Which blue dogs?

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[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca [S] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition

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[–] zout@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

Thanks, didn't know that term. I also falsely assumed that where the article states it was required by the "Washington Department of Health" it meant the federal government, but in hindsight they probably meant the Washington State Department of Health.

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[–] trebach@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Why does there need to be PII on samples going to Texas anyway? Have Seattle take the lab samples and do any medical billing, generate a unique id to go on that set of lab samples, keep the link between the patient and ID tied to the record back in Seattle, and then send the samples to Texas.

Texas tests samples and returns results for Patient 3418-6834-0556 when Seattle knows that actually means they're for Bob Smith taken on September 18, 2026.

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[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 6 points 1 month ago

Not entirely secure if they can just get their hands on the records, but it'd be a hell of a lot better than just... handing the info over.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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