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HIPAA Question

I left my pt room after providing care and left open the chart on the computer (in a private room). My patients family ( One who is the POA for this pt and then the other one who has been receiving updates daily by phone) took a photo of the open chart.  How worried should I be? Have they violated HIPAA by taking a photo of it?  Thanks in advance. 

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    Families don't violate HIPAA. They aren't covered entities; that is, in their role as family members the law doesn't even pertain to them.

    No PHI was disclosed to unauthorized parties by you, either. So I can't see how there is a HIPAA violation anywhere here. Although leaving your computer unsecured is almost certainly a violation of your facility's privacy practices and policies. Does your computer not sleep/lock out when you walk away from it?

     

     

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