Did we/she violate HIPAA?

[hippahippo]

What is the position of somebody who deals with HIPaA concerns? Who should I be looking for regarding questions?

I have a coworker who is charge sometimes. When she is on the floor as a nurse, she still uses the EMR as a charge. She will basically “surf”. For example, click into the other units like the Emergency Room, their holding room, surgery unit, tele, etc… is that OK? She doesn’t access any charts by clicking on or into them. She just counts how many patients there are. Could I/we do that? I am a new graduate.

[HandsOffMySteth]

1. Asking if you violated HIPAA, is a violation of HIPAA.
2. If you don't know if you violated HIPAA, then you have just violated HIPAA.
3. Reading in a forum is a violation of HIPAA.
4. Anything that is not a violation of HIPAA is still a violation of HIPAA.

[Hannahbanana, BSN, MSN]

On 3/13/2020 at 3:36 PM, HandsOffMySteth said:

• Asking if you violated HIPAA, is a violation of HIPAA.
• If you don't know if you violated HIPAA, then you have just violated HIPAA.
• Reading in a forum is a violation of HIPAA.
• Anything that is not a violation of HIPAA is still a violation of HIPAA.

I miss the old icons. Wasn’t there one for “snark” or “sarcasm”? Remember ROTFLPIMD? For newbies, the above is, LOL.