HIPAA violation?

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Not me, but a friend of mine. Here's the situation. Patient is friend of Nurse.

Patient posted on Facebook something like "I hate General Hospital! They suck! They sent me home without giving me the treatment I wanted!"

Nurse responded to post: "I saw your name. What happened?"

Rest of conversation was done in private messages. Nurse was not overstepping her boundaries when she saw that patient's name, as it was on a board that we frequently monitor in our department.

Was this a HIPAA violation?

Specializes in OB, Occupational Health.
Whenever I hear of someone being fired for a seemingly small infraction I wonder if he or she was already on the company's radar as a problem employee.

This, or, they are unliked by management and this is simply the mechanism to eject them.

Specializes in NICU.
This, or, they are unliked by management and this is simply the mechanism to eject them.

Yes that's what I'm saying.

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