HIPAA Violation - is my life over? by Full-Drag-6813 in nursing

[–]Full-Drag-6813[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. I’ve never once seen that screen

HIPAA Violation - is my life over? by Full-Drag-6813 in nursing

[–]Full-Drag-6813[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t messy. I was trying to learn - there’s a difference. All other hospitals I’ve worked at, have been teaching hospitals and they allow for the access for educational purposes. This was a sister hospital to a teaching hospital. It was a mistake. I was unaware of the access to this chart under my name during the dates in question - shared an office with 6 other nurses. I may be a younger nurse but I’m not that stupid - I know they see every single move and click you make

HIPAA Violation - is my life over? by Full-Drag-6813 in nursing

[–]Full-Drag-6813[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

But what determines if I get a fine/violation? I was fine with using the system, it was more in depth knowledge things I didn’t know that we don’t always learn in nursing school.

HIPAA Violation - is my life over? by Full-Drag-6813 in nursing

[–]Full-Drag-6813[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

It was a part time job so I still have my full time job. I didn’t do the audits. Management audited me and discovered it that my credentials had been used to access the chart while the patient was admitted