“Californian Sentenced to Federal Prison for HIPAA Violation”
Learning Objectives:
• Apply the concepts of data security and patient confidentiality/privacy to the use of electronic health records in the student’s own workplace
Read the article, “Californian Sentenced to Federal Prison for HIPAA Violation”. Then, answer the following questions:
http://journal.ahima.org/2010/04/29/californian-sentenced-to-prison-for-hipaa-violation/
1. Summarize the case against the physician.
2. Summarize what the HIPAA law states.
3. What are the penalties for a HIPAA violation?
4. Could this physician have faced further charges? Why or why not?
No direct quotes are allowed.
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