I had a health care provider tell me that they couldn't create an account in their portal because they already had someone with my exact name and DOB. They refused to accept that they had bad data in their system, but they did tell me the email address on file (probably a HIPPA violation right there) and I was tempted to reach out to see if there actually existed someone with my same DOB and First/Last name.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the hell kind of database doesn't use an internally generated unique ID to reference user data? It shouldn't matter that there is duplicate data. But like you said, it's hospital systems I guess...

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It all started when Bob stated that his nephew could do it for one fifth of the asking price.

[–] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm probably younger than Bobs nephew and I know to use unique identifiors.

It's probably the people who say "omg, look at our website builder, low code!111!!!11" that made this mistake

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's a matter of age.