HIPPA violation if the patient isn't in your facility?

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The situation: A nurse knows a friend is pregnant and outs the pregnancy on Facebook. The patient goes to a different hospital and doesn't receive care in the same facility the nurse works in. The information was obtained through the patient themselves but was expecting the nurse to keep the information private. is I still a violation of medical information/HIPPA violation if the patient doesn't recover care in the same facility the nurse works at?

True. My husband told them. And told them not to say anything.

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I agree I want my pound of flesh. As far as ruining her professionally, if that happened it wouldn't be because of me. I didn't run her mouth for her, that was her own judgement and nastiness that did that.

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Congrats!! I am so happy for you! I'm 43.

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True. I guess I know that on a professional level she knows what she did was morally wrong but also knows she can get away with it because the info was gotten personally not professionally. But morally, she knows what she got away with.

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I agree I want my pound of flesh. As far as ruining her professionally, if that happened it wouldn't be because of me. I didn't run her mouth for her, that was her own judgement and nastiness that did that.

You taking a personal issue into her professional life would be ruining her professionally. She did wrong; no one says she didn't. But be the bigger person. Right now you are angry. You want revenge. But don't give into that urge- you will come to regret it when you aren't so emotional.

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I go through moods where I feel I should drop it and there are moods in which I feel victimized and want her to have a consequence. I don't think she would have any professional consequences and I'm not sure in the end if I told her boss just to release my feelings if I would end up feeling more anxious about going there. There is also a survey they want me to fill out about my experience and patient care, it covers all topics. I could put my complaint there but at this point I'm really thinking of me and my husband and our comfort above getting back at her. I just think in the end it may get cause us even more ill feelings. My OB is one if the only and best MFM specialist in our area so I can't afford to switch offices.

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Absolutely not a HIPAA violation. Sucks that she outed her friends pregnancy, but thats about it.

I forget where I heard it but here goes - Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.

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I'll be honest, some people on my husbands family responded to our announcement as if I am a trashy person. It probably wasn't the best first impression and now I'm stuck with that for life. It's not like switching jobs and getting a clean start thus is going to follow me. And maybe it would always be that way anyway, and anyone who treats me like that because of the circumstance is probably somewhat me o wouldn't want to get close to anyway. I know this. But sometimes I wonder if things had unfolded differently my relationship with my husbands family may have been a bit better. It was really hard reading g the WTF comments. Because of this I really don't care if she got ruinefvat work in any kind of way.She obviously didn't give any consideration to how it made me look to my husbands family and co workers not the fact it put extra stress on me while pregnant, it's hard for me to work up and compassion hirbher or consideration to how her Or feddionsl life could be effected. Like I said, it's not as if I can get a second chance to make an impression or change jobs for a fresh start. This is literally how I was introduced to almost everyone he knows.

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Thank you so much! I just figured since she was a nurse the concept of private medical information would be very familiar to her. I wasn't sure if spreading private medical information only applied if the patient was receiving care in the same facility. So she's off the hook on a technicality. One dude of me wants to complain to her boss because she knew we weren't telling anyone. But I guess she didn't do anything professionally wrong.

Did you tell her you were pregnant?

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Wow a lot of errors sorry. If asked I might still tell about the Facebook thing. I don't think I'll be asked though and I don't think I'll mention it. I just want to forgetbshe existsvanf enjoy my pregnancy. However if I hear one peep about my

Medical information being violated I'll report her for sure.

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My husband did. I don't like her enough to tell her. Her husband was my husbands best friend.

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On the same exact days I had OB appointments a mutual friend called to ask how we were doing and mentioned that the person said they saw us that day at the hospital. So I feel like she does tell people when I go for an appointment but I can't prove it. And again I don't know if that is necessarily a violation to say she saw me.

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