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Thank you all for your comments (constructive and not) yes it is a lesson learned on many levels and as one poster stated, no I was not a nurse or in the medical field but a member of administrative staff. I usually exercise better judgement, but this time I did not and no I didn't really have any intent on posting any records it was merely a matter of "leave me the hell alone" I never want to taunt anyone about their circumstances because it could be anyone, but at the same time we are all human and have limits. Again, I did not have access to medical records, but found in the meeting that I had access to claims data.

Hi, I have a question...I was being harassed via email by some former friends and at my wits end, I threatened to publish their medical records on Facebook and tag them (clearly it was an empty threat). Nervous and vindictive, they called the personell department at my job and I was fired although I had no intentions on doing so nor did I ever access their information. I was told that I was terminated because I made the threat, they didn't even look at my computer records to see that i wasn't lying. I also asked if I would have known nothing about the email or what was going on what would have happened and they told me I would have still been terminated. I did not have access to Medical Records, but I found in the meeting that I'd access to claims data. Is this lawful and was this a violation of HIPAA, as they stated?