A collection of 48 posts
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.
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call You Can Trace Back to Five Words In 2016, Advocate Health Care Network paid $5.55 million to settle
The Hurricane That Exposed a Hospital's HIPAA Blind Spot In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, hospitals across the Gulf Coast scrambled to reunite
Last year, I watched a three-physician practice in the Midwest spend eleven months fighting an OCR investigation — without a lawyer for the first four. By
A nurse in Tennessee pulls up her ex-husband's medical records after a custody dispute. A front desk worker in Colorado texts a photo
A Nurse, a Hallway, and a $4.75 Million Settlement In 2021, a major health system paid $4.75 million to settle allegations from the
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