I can't believe this!

Wa! That is amazing. And not in a good way either. Because of HIPPA our facility insists all clients be referred to by colors. And this is in a group home where it is not likely outsiders would be coming anyway. But for everyone to be able to access employee files seems like either an awful oversight or a major no-no to me. Isn't that against the law?

Sounds like a major organizational HIPPA violation to me. It needs reported.

They need to make those files more confidential rather than public like that. You can't trust people not to snoop. I would definately tell someone in HR about this.

I'd be tempted to whisper this to all the staff, then consider a class action suit against the hospital for violation of your rights to privacy.

If your hospital is like ours...anyone looking up someone elses file when there is NOT a need to (surfing thru medical files) is grounds for permanant termination. I have heard of one person being removed from there position for looking up medical files on the comp.

Granted info like that should not be accessable, but that CNA's going to have their butt in a sling for accessing it.

I worked in the prison system for thirteen years. The inmates had ascess to our name, address and our nursing license number!:angryfire

I worked in the prison system for thirteen years. The inmates had ascess to our name, address and our nursing license number!:angryfire

Yes, one call to our BNE and any member of the public has this as well in my state.

BUT healthcare info is supposed to be protected by federal law now.....

I worked in the prison system for thirteen years. The inmates had ascess to our name, address and our nursing license number!:angryfire

Oh thats scarey! It bothers me just having my last name on my ID tag. I always thought first name was sufficient.

If you're the pt. it's protected. Healthcare worker, heck no!

This crap should not be public knowledge. I mean, people should be able to look a nurse up and see if he/she is licensed, but the HOME address and such info should NOT be a part of that.

i dont know...sounds like a big HIPPA thing to me. here, you aren't allowed to look up even your own medical records without permission, certainly not anyone else's. whatever happened to the "need to know" basis?

love, rose

Seeing that things are computerized, there must be a way to see a record of everyone that has accessed your medical records online at the hospital. You could see who has looked at your information and if there is a name on there that you don't recognize, you could have it investigated.

What I find scary is the information that a person can find on another through their home computer for just $10 or $20