Obvious violation of hippa

[nicenurselpn]

My daughter was on her facebook and showed me that a friend of hers who works in a doctors office, had posted a picture of someones lab results with "HIV Positive" highlighted. The picture showed part of a soc sec # and a partial name. The girl who did this wrote : "LOL" under th pic and posted it to facebook.

How could this be reported? Who should I call? There were comments from her teenager friends telling her : Girl this a major violation of hippa!

Thank you for your replies!

[canesdukegirl, BSN, RN]

I am having a hard time believing this. Lab results, a partial SSN AND a partial name? Hmmm....definitely a HIPAA violation.

I doubt the friend will be LOLing when she is P-L-E-A-D-I-N-G her case in court.

[Mjopp]

You could always have your daughter ask her where she works, or one of her friends. Or just call the department of health and see what they say.

[Murse901, MSN, RN]

It's definitely not a HIPPA violation, but it's probably a HIPAA violation.

[imintrouble, BSN, RN]

Why would a dentist have an HIV lab result?

[nicenurselpn, LPN]

Why would a dentist have an HIV lab result?

Evidently this is some type of a health history form. Hiv positive was highlighted with a highlighter on the form.

[imintrouble, BSN, RN]

Evidently this is some type of a health history form. Hiv positive was highlighted with a highlighter on the form.

It wasn't a lab result as posted?

Maybe just a seriously sick hoax?

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

Now I am trying to figure out what office she works at. All my daughter knows is that she works for her grandmas dentist. I was disgusted by her thinking it is funny that person is hiv positive. You would think that she would know better since she works with peoples health info, but obviously not.

I thought I could at least see a clinic name on the sheet, but it isnt shown in the shot she posted.

OK, I work in dentistry. We do NOT have people's lab results as a matter of record. NEVER.

[demylenated, BSN, RN]

Do a screen capture:

Hold the FN key and hit prt screen. Then open paint and do a past... you will have a sopy of exactly what the screen looks like...

Then take it to the doctors office, ASAP. I would hate for the info to get back to the pt's family and they not know about it

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

Evidently this is some type of a health history form. Hiv positive was highlighted with a highlighter on the form.

OH, well that is VERY different than a lab result!!! (not saying that it isn't a HIPAA violation, because it certainly is!)

[NicuGal, MSN, RN]

Facebook keeps logs of every single post and picture that is ever posted, so it doesn't matter if they pull it down or not. Our schools have used this function for bullying. Like I've said before, nothing ever disappears, it just seems that way. You can also report her to Facebook for abuse.

[demylenated, BSN, RN]

I already did that. I just checked her page again, and her friends are telling her to delete the post. She said she couldnt because she posted it from her phone. I am still trying to figure out who she works for. Obviously she isnt saying!! One of her friends just asked her and all she said was she worked for a dentist.

Thank you for your replies.

Could your daughter ask her, just out of the blue?

"Hey, my dad (mom, brother) has an abscess and needs a dentist ASAP, I hear you work for one - is he good? Who is he?"

Dentists usually don't have lab reports, but they do have health history's that will show HIV and BBP statuses.

[Simply Complicated]

Is this someone that your daughter is actually friends with, and knows other people as well so that someone will know where she works? Sounds like others are also trying to find out. I will never understand why anyone thinks it's ok or cute to post things like that.