HIPPA
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- I'm going to print these patients labs results. So I can give them to to my patient.
- Patient X lab results hhy=high blood pressure ppdi=normal white blood count weight= 167Height=5'6
- Oh no I printed the wrong lab results. Well these are useless i'm going to throw them away if im not going to use them.
- Waiting Room
- Patient X lab results ppdi=normal white
- The Front Desk Receptionist prints the incorrect patient’s lab results. She realizes after she print them and decides to throw them away in the trash can, that is located in the waiting room.
- Is this a HIPAA violation
- Yes the receptionist was in the wrong. She threw them away in the trash can. On top of that, she threw them away in the waiting room trash can, where anyone can get this paper and know confidential information.If the information gort out, the receptionist could have lost her job.
- What would the best way to handle this situation? What would you do?
- When the receptionist realized she printed the wrong lab results she should have shredded the files. then disposed of them in a private trash can, not near strangers.
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