Employer HIPAA Violations: What Gets Companies Fined
The HR Director Who Shared Too Much Last year, an HR director at a mid-sized manufacturing company forwarded an employee's medical leave documentation
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The HR Director Who Shared Too Much Last year, an HR director at a mid-sized manufacturing company forwarded an employee's medical leave documentation
Last year, a compliance officer at a mid-size hospital system in Texas told me she'd spent $14,000 on a vendor's
A hospital receptionist in Texas forwarded a patient's lab results to the wrong email address. It took fourteen seconds. The breach affected one
A receptionist at a pediatric clinic prints a patient's immunization record and accidentally leaves it on the front counter for forty-five minutes. A
A pediatric nonprofit in Idaho lost $387,200 because one employee — one — opened a phishing email and exposed the ePHI of 10,000 patients. When
One Shared Password Cost This Hospital $2.14 Million In 2018, a hospital employee used a colleague's login to access patient records for
A pediatric clinic in Colorado lost $548,265 because their front desk staff didn't know that faxing PHI to the wrong number triggered
A hospital employee in Texas pulls up a patient's full medical record to verify an insurance code. She only needs the diagnosis and
The Typo That Reveals a Bigger Problem Every month, thousands of people search for a "hippa course." I know because I watch the
Last month, a practice manager in Phoenix emailed me a certificate she'd earned from an online course. It had a gold seal, an
The Doctor's Office That Got Hit From Both Sides A medical practice in the Southeast thought they had compliance covered. OSHA posters on
The Bloodborne Pathogen Report That Triggered a HIPAA Breach A mid-sized urgent care clinic in Ohio had its OSHA compliance standards dialed in — or so
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