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Comment The Specifics (Score 3, Informative) 71

--In the post, he used the patient's full name:
This bit is PII (personally identifiable information). It's technically also PHI.

--and described, in detail, the specific dental problem he was in for: "excruciating pain" from the lower left quadrant, which resulted in a referral for a root canal.
This bit is PHI (protected health information)

So yeah. Double whammy.

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