Elder Abuse leads to HIPAA Violation
July 10, 2019
Nursing home staff allegedly bully and abuse a patient while live-streaming the incident on Facebook.
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HIPAA Horror Stories
True and Terrifying Tales of Breaches, Disclosures and Penalties
Privacy Rule Violation: Hospital Dumps Records
July 4, 2019
An Indiana physician comes home to find thousands of patient records on his driveway.
Contractor’s weak password leads to huge HIPAA breach
June 26, 2019
An Indiana medical records contractor is fined $100,000 after weak passwords allow hackers to access millions of private patient records.
Doc Blabs To Reporter, Violating HIPAA Privacy Rule
June 19, 2019
A Connecticut Allergy practice is hit with a $125,000 penalty after a patient is identified to the news media.
Google Calendar Breach
June 13, 2019
A hospital fails to delete a terminated employee’s Google Calendar username and password, leading to a six-figure fine.
The Missing Form
June 5, 2019
An IT contractor fails to protect patient data… but it gets worse…
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