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A therapist mentions a patient's name and diagnosis in a hallway conversation with a colleague. A front-desk staffer leaves a printed appointment list
A hospital employee in Texas forwards a patient's lab results to her personal Gmail account so she can "finish up charting at
Here's something that won't surprise you: "hippaa law" is one of the most common misspellings in healthcare compliance. Thousands
A $4.3 Million Mistake That Started with a Spreadsheet In 2016, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost an unencrypted USB drive
A Receptionist, a Fax Machine, and a $1.5 Million Mistake In 2018, a medical center in Tennessee faxed a patient's complete treatment
A woman in Ohio once called the HHS Office for Civil Rights to file a complaint against her neighbor. The neighbor, she claimed, had told
A Single Fax Changed Everything for This Clinic A dermatology practice in New England accidentally faxed a patient's lab results to a local
A solo chiropractor in New England assumed HIPAA didn't apply to her practice. She had fewer than ten employees, no electronic health records
One Misspelled Word That Tells Me Everything About Your Compliance Program I once walked into a medical office where every break room poster, every employee
A therapist in a small group practice mentioned a patient's diagnosis during a casual hallway conversation with the front desk staff. No chart
It's the Most Misspelled Acronym in Healthcare — And Most People Get the Meaning Wrong Too I once sat in a compliance meeting where
A nurse at a small dermatology practice in Connecticut posted a selfie on Instagram. In the background, a patient's intake form sat on
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