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Jason Pierre-Paul Lost His Finger. Did ESPN Violate HIPAA By Reporting It?
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Jason Pierre-Paul Lost His Finger. Did ESPN Violate HIPAA By Reporting It? - Forbes
Jason Pierre-Paul, the star defensive end for the NFL's New York Giants, had one of his fingers amputated on Wednesday, ESPNreported.
It seems a hospital employee sold the protected health information to a reporter. I have no doubt that they will catch the hospital employee. My concern is that the reporter also stepped over the line and should also be punished. This is about more than an athlete who had his privacy violated; it's about the press being above the law.
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Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN
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My parents saved all of the newspapers from when us kids were born. What shocked me the most? Right next to the birth announcements was a section of hospital admissions and discharges!