Tread very carefully with this thread Alias - particularly if you are posting from work. Psychiatrists don’t take HIPAA violations lightly. Any information that MIGHT identify a patient would be a violation.
I know that, and I’d never reveal something so telling that it would reveal a patient’s identity. However, telling stories, etc from work without revealing names or serious details is not violating anything.
Why do you always stare at me when I come in, guess you think I’m hot :D.
j/k
Drachillix <— not a patient, at least not her docs…I’d have to be crazy to go there :D.
Why does the enchanted unicorn in my underpants drawer tell me to burn things?
Also, has your office recently been inspected for fire code violations? I ask because I care.
I have to disagree. While your posts don’t give identifying details such as names, you tell very identifying stories that would be readily identifiable to the patients and in some cases, those who know them. You have used information from a privileged and confidential context to tell “funny things” about people. Use this test: If you showed this thread to the psychiatrists you work for, would they think it was okay? Would they feel confident that this was not a HIPAA violation? Are you thinking about the fact that your actions affect their licenses? I hate to be a downer, but if you were my secretary in this setting and I learned about this thread, you’d be my ex-secretary.
Do you say “Hi, Bob” when the elevator opens?
So, uh, not a fan of Qadgop’s bagel dog story, I take it?
Do you have to be crazy to work there?
Would it help?
Strolling casually away, neither ducking nor running.
Do you have anything on your desk? I notice my pshrink’s receptionist has a clean desk to prevent anything being thrown.
The doc himself has a messy desk. But then again he is nuts. They all are.
I’m sure you’re trying very hard to protect identities, but as susan mentioned, details such as those you related above about the sleeping patient can be very distinctive and identifiable.
You might also want to consider if you would like your healthcare practitioners laughing on a public message board about your festering fungal infection, gossiping about your children’s head lice, or snickering at your elderly relative’s senile dementia. This is information that is entrusted to your office, in many cases by vulnerable people, and there are moral questions as well as legal issues to consider.
You’ve had two opinions in this thread that disagree with you. I’d suggest asking for the thread to be closed.
samclem not moderating, but giving you a “professional” suggestion. 
I suspect your employers might not see it the same way. They hired you to not only handle the appointments but to keep things private and confidential, that’s expected of medical professionals.
I should close this thread but it’s your risk and your job and you acting in ways that could be interpreted as unprofessional and indiscreet; the management here is not responsible.
Closed at the request of the original poster.