State Hospital Sanctions Employees for Disclosing Patient's PHI
State Hospital Sanctions Employees for Disclosing Patient's PHI
Covered Entity: Health Care Provider / General Hospital
Issue: Impermissible Disclosure
A nurse and an orderly at a state hospital discussed the HIV/AIDS
status of a patient and the patient's spouse within earshot of other
patients without making reasonable efforts to prevent the disclosure.
Upon learning of the incident, the hospital placed both employees on
leave; the orderly resigned his employment shortly thereafter. Among
other actions taken to satisfactorily resolve this matter, the hospital
took further disciplinary action with the nurse, which included:
documenting the employee record with a memo of the incident; one year
probation; referral for peer review; and further training on HIPAA
Privacy. In addition to corrective action taken under the Privacy Rule,
the state attorney general's office entered into a monetary settlement
agreement with the patient.
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