One of the most famous daddy’s of all is admitting that he made a mistake. On January 5th, Dr. Phil made a visit to Britney Spears while she was in the hospital. His visit was prompted by a request from her family to intervene.
The real controversy is the statement that Dr. Phil made to Entertainment Tonight. He told them that Britney is in "dire need of both medical and psychological intervention." This has landed Dr. Phil in a little bit of hot water According to MTV.com:
"A complaint was filed against McGraw earlier this week that accused him of violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The complaint alleges Dr. Phil practiced clinical psychology without a license and further violated doctor-patient privilege by discussing the pop star’s case with the media."
The Dr. Phil episode where he apologizes is scheduled to air today. He has concluded that his "visit was not helpful to the situation".
I have nothing against Dr. Phil but what he did just does not seem right. Some of these celebs need to get over themselves.
Yeah, I wondered what HIPA would do about that. Bad. My husbandd works with patient information in his field and the powers that be are so paranoid and nervous about HIPA that that he has a keyfob for where his password changes every 45 seconds or so.