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They may have, but this student is being charged with HIPAA violation in-stead of breaking electronics policy.

I have looked-up the 18 points in the privacy section of HIPAA and I am still unable to see how this would be deemed as a direct violation. Yet, this student is being disciplined and they are throwing the books at them so to speak. I would not be surprised if suspension is soon to follow. You being an educator what is your thoughts? What should happen to this student?

my very same point that was argued for the student. there was no personal information that could be used, but this person is sadly getting raked over the coal unjustly in my opinion from the faculty. too often we don't even understand the laws we are supposed to be safe-guarding. hopefully if you read this post you will seriously look-up the hipaa section regarding privacy, and share your comments.

Not any assignment. Just putting it out there for discussion. This actually happened to a nursing student at my school.

A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day. The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address,and without realizing his error, sent the email. Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband's funeral. He was a minister who was called home to glory following a heart attack. The widow decided to check her email expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the Floor and saw the computer screen which read: To: My Loving Wife; Subject: I've Arrived. Date: February 11, 2009 I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send emails to your loved ones. I've just arrived and have been checked in. I've seen that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then!!!! Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was. P.S. Sure is freaking hot down here!!!!

An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.." The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger, "What would you want to talk about?" " Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?" as he smiled smugly. "OK," she said. "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff -grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?" The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death, when you don't know crap?" And then she went back to reading her book.

I was recently at a hospital with a group of nursing students and one of them was dictating into a digital recorder 1) Medical Dx of patient. 2) Rx related to the treatment plan. 3) Lab values on CBC, and CMP. The student did not record any private information like MRN, name, initials, or even room number. What do you think, was this student in violation of HIPAA? If so what would you do?