HIPAA Violation?

[Morguein]

Hello. I hope someone can help me with this. I am confused about the whole HIPAA thing. Everything I learned at work about HIPAA was about not revealing a patient's name, room number, their address, phone number, or anything specific like that along with their diagnosis, etc... I did a dumb thing and posted something on my Facebook page about the day we had at work with a patient. I did not mention a name or describe the patient or anything like that. I was told by one of my coworkers that some of the other coworkers became upset by it and may go to management. So, I promptly deleted it. I didn't realize that it was wrong. My page is private, but I do have people from work on it. Can someone tell me what the law is regarding this. Everything I have read about HIPAA only talks about the obvious violations; but nothing about situations involving talking about something that happened at work without using personal information like names, etc... I'd appreciate any information regarding this. Thank you.

[Morguein]

Thanks Trauma! :)

[cebuana_nurse]

My golden rule with FaceBook eversince I got employed was nothing to be posted about work. Whether I had a good or crappy day. No pictures of me in or out of my working place nor the hospital grounds. I guess that is one of the reasons why FB have upgraded the site with regards to privacy. And as much as possible, I don't accept friend requests from my co-workers. Just being cautious, it doesn't hurt.