HIPAA

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I have a question regarding a HIPAA violation, and I am wondering if anyone may have some experience or expertise in this area. I work in a large hospital, and I believe I am allowed to access my own medical record. However, I asked a co-worker to access my medical record via text message. I offered to give her a text pic of written consent giving her permission to access my record, but my co-worker declined and said she felt comfortable doing it for me without the text pic. I specifically wanted results of my MRI report because my back was hurting and my doctor's office was closed the next day. My co-worker did access my account and HR contacted her saying it was a HIPAA violation. What I would like to know is if a text message is considered "written" permission to access my records? Can either she or I get into trouble or possibly lose our jobs or nursing license over this matter? Any guidance is greatly appreciated. Our facility is located in the State of Delaware.

Specializes in NICU, PICU, PACU.

A text message is not an official hospital form. Unfortunately I think a hard lesson is going to be learned here.

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