A collection of 41 posts
A pediatric dental office in Indianapolis left a box of patient charts on the curb for recycling. A passerby took a photo, posted it to
A Law That Turned HIPAA From Paper Tiger to Predator In 2009, a hospital in Texas left 35,000 patient records exposed on a publicly
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call That Started with Four Letters In 2016, Advocate Health Care Network agreed to pay $5.55 million to settle
A Single Stolen Laptop Cost This Health System $3.9 Million In 2018, the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) settled with the Office for
In 2017, Presence Health paid $475,000 to the Office for Civil Rights after a single mistake: they waited too long to notify patients about
A single unencrypted laptop stolen from a parked car cost Concentra Health Services $1,725,220. The laptop contained patient names, dates of birth, Social
A nurse at a large hospital system picks up the phone and reads a patient's HIV status to the wrong family member. No
In February 2011, Cignet Health of Prince George's County, Maryland received a $4.3 million penalty from the Office for Civil Rights — the
A front-desk receptionist at a Florida orthopedic clinic looked up her ex-husband's new girlfriend in the EHR. She didn't download anything.
A $4.75 Million Fine Started with a Single Stolen Laptop In 2014, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center paid a combined $4.
A physician's office in Connecticut handed every new patient a single sheet of paper labeled "HIPAA Form" at the front desk.
A $4.75 Million Wake-Up Call That Should Have Changed Everything In February 2017, Memorial Healthcare System paid $5.5 million to the U.S.
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