What is a HIPAA Violation? 20 Catastrophic HIPAA Violation Cases

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• he illegally accessed the UCLA medical records system over 300 times,

• a dermatology practice lost an unencrypted flash drive that contained protected health information

• patient bills

• bills contained protected info like CPT codes, which can reveal patient diagnoses

• Texas hospital employee

• wrongful disclosure of private patient medical information

• she shared confidential medical info about a customer who once dated her husband

• accessed 596 medical records in a 10-month period. Knapp was authorized to view records as part of her job, but only for the patients she was treating.

• STD. The nurse sent six text messages, warning the man’s girlfriend about the disease.

• clinic could have prevented the nurse from treating a close personal acquaintance.

• the employee peeked at the patient’s file and gave private info to her husband. The husband called the plaintiff and demanded that the lawsuit be dropped

• hired an outside vendor to convert all X-Ray films on file to digital form

• clinic didn’t first sign a BAA with the vendor, they violated HIPAA

• a staff member talked with a patient about procedures for HIV testing, thereby disclosing Protected Health Information (PHI) to others in the waiting room.

• . In 2013, an HIV-positive patient asked an office manager to fax his medical records to his new urologist. Instead, the very busy office manager accidentally faxed them to his new employer.

• A Virginia clinic caught 14 employees who had improperly viewed the medical files of a high-profile patient without a legitimate medical need.

• results of a high-profile student athlete’s pregnancy test

• filled out prior authorization forms for patients

• six doctors and 13 employees at UCLA Medical Center viewed Britney Spears’ medical records

• when a laptop containing hundreds of patient medical records was stolen from a parked car