IreneTouTheou

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1. Advice please on this HIPAA concern

   IreneTouTheou posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

   I took my elderly relative to the ED at the healthcare facility where I work (and not as a nurse). Days later, our close relative came over and during our visit, my family member told them about their...

2. Is this a HIPAA issue?

   IreneTouTheou replied to IreneTouTheou's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   I'm gonna say no. The friend who was the patient themselves disclosed it, and my reponse was in response to that, without adding anything or disclosing anything -- correct? Thank

3. Is this a HIPAA issue?

   IreneTouTheou posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

   While working at the healthcare facility, I saw a family friend who was there for a procedure. Later, this friend/patient spoke to my family member and said, "Hey, I saw (my name) while I was having...

4. Another HIPAA question

   IreneTouTheou posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

   Maybe 7-10 years ago, I had occasion to visit, in the course of my work at a hospital, a patient who had been very special to my Mom in their childhood through teen years. I can't remember how the...

5. Was this a HIPAA issue?

   IreneTouTheou posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

   Probably about 10 years ago while working in the healthcare facility I met a patient who, in the course of conversation, told me that their family had owned a famous business that was really treasured...

6. Did I violate HIPAA?

   IreneTouTheou replied to IreneTouTheou's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   Thank you, the family member actually gave a first name of the patient, and as I said, I was pretty sure (based on the community they stated and the other patient's situation) that I knew which...

7. Did I violate HIPAA?

   IreneTouTheou posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

   Non-nurse hospital worker, member of the care team here. I was talking to a patient's family member in the course of my day when they said, about another patient, "Hey, so-and-so from our community...

8. Family filmed patient (I think) with staff - should I have spoken up?

   IreneTouTheou replied to IreneTouTheou's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, makes good

9. Family filmed patient (I think) with staff - should I have spoken up?

   IreneTouTheou posted a topic in General Nursing

   I dropped by a patient's room on a quick errand and a physical therapist (or occupational therapist) was working with the patient. Some of the patient's family were present, and the mood seemed...

10. Nurse told me she has given dropped pills to patients, not sure I responded appropriately

    IreneTouTheou posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse but work with them in a medical facility. While a group of us were talking about germs, a nurse said that in the past, they have dropped patient meds on the floor, picked them up, and...

11. HIPAA Violation?

    IreneTouTheou replied to IreneTouTheou's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Thank you so much for your

12. HIPAA Violation?

    IreneTouTheou posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    In my medical workplace, a coworker said that they recently saw one of our former coworkers. We love this former coworker, and I said, before I thought about it, "where did you see (the former...

13. Did I manage to dodge a HIPAA violation here?

    IreneTouTheou replied to IreneTouTheou's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I didn't say anything other than the "hhhmmm" and the thanks, so I think I did not. Thanks so

14. Did I manage to dodge a HIPAA violation here?

    IreneTouTheou posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    As you may see from my profile, I am not a nurse, and for anonymity's sake describe my role as one of the interdisciplinary team. So my family and I were talking about the challenges and rewards of...

15. Was this self-disclosure to a patient okay?

    IreneTouTheou posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital and worry about an old situation that came to my mind, involving self-disclosure and possibly HIPAA: several years ago I was talking to a patient who I knew fairly well, who told...