My HIPAA mistake.

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BostonTerrierLover, BSN, RN

1 Article; 909 Posts

Specializes in Adult/Ped Emergency and Trauma.

Oh good! I'm glad you got out of there! If you never heard anything else when being hired on somewhere else- I seriously doubt there was any "Federal" write-up beyond the file at your facility. All I check for in hiring Legal wise is a FBI/Local background check, an I9, a citizen US thing online, license verification, and the Medicaid/Medicare Fraud.

alwaysglad

2 Posts

Specializes in Long term care.

I'm a new nurse and find HIPAA to be more of a challenge than most people think it is. I've made mistakes I thought were really harmless too and thankfully haven't gotten in trouble for it yet. Now I see, a HIPAA violation is a violation indeed.

jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B

9 Articles; 4,800 Posts

I was actually spoken to because my best friend's s.o. had surgery, she called me and asked to come check on him as he wanted to be sure that he did his dressing correctly, (and was quite proud of himself and wanted to "show off" lol) and it somehow got back, and of course, I was "taking business away" from the home health department, the outpatient clinic for follow ups, etc etc......I was a bit shocked. So my new rule is "If I know you and love you like family, you will be someone else's patient". We all instinctively protect and want the best for those we care about. And it is just automatic that we would "make plans" for that person as far as checking up on them, etc. To avoid any conflict of interest--and I live in a small town where one knows just about everyone--if I know OF you, then game on, however, anything beyond that and I can not care for you. "I love you, but I don't need to know your business."

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