Do Hospitals Inform Military of Drug Related Visits

[cephalopod]

Recently a friend of mine accidentally ingested a possibly lethal amount of a drug thinking it was a much less potent drug, a minute after realizing the mix up she made herself throw it up but we were unsure if it came up or not. Poison controlled was called and a real name was given so the hospital could be ready for us to come in. When arriving at the hospital a fake name was used (I am aware this is illegal). No blood was drawn or urine taken and she was just hooked up to monitoring devices to make sure she was ok. She left on her own accord when it was clear that she was ok. All the papers and forms have her fake name on them, however one of the nurses did have the note from poison control with her real name on it. She is very concerned the hospital will make an attempt to correct the forms to have her real name and that the information about the visit will get back to the military.

Are hospitals required to report drug use to the military? I know military personnel sign away a lot of rights but does the military have access to current records or just the records at the time of joining. Would this only become an issue if she had reason to suspect her of if an investigation was conducted?

[Mr. Knowitall]

How would the hospital even know she's in the military?

If she doesn't want the hospital to try to track her down, she would be well-served to make sure that she pays her bill.

[cephalopod]

When we came in we asked if the military would find out or if it was still confidential. Hindsight is 20/20 and at the moment the only concern was making sure she was gonna be ok. The bill will most certainly be paid on time and without trouble.

[Mr. Knowitall]

I know that there are movies in which the military employs psychics, but again, what is the mechanism by which you imagine that the military would learn of the incident?

Can they find out, all other facts being unknown to us? Sure, why not. But it doesn't seem likely from the little bit of information you've shared.

[cephalopod]

My thoughts are that it is not likely either however another friend in the military said that hospitals are required to inform the military if someone in the military comes in for a drug related visit. It seems unlikely but I thought I would ask.

Playing the paranoid advocate, if hospitals are required to report military personnel. They could easily send them a picture of her off the security cameras along with any info from the visit along with the fake name and the real name that poison control had.

Again I am with you, I think it is too much hassle for the hospital, the sheer number of people in the military here is too large and all around there is no reason for the hospital to put forth the effort. But I would like to find out if there is any truth to the statement that hospitals are supposed to report military personnel that come in.

Thank you again for taking the time to respond to my post despite the whole thing sounding paranoid and unlikely, she is just very scared right now.