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wtf: At Least 50 Northwestern Hospital Employees Fired for Accessing Smollett’s Profile, Records
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I would say it's deserved. You don't go accessing profiles you don't have permission to, and I wonder how many of those people thought they could go to TMZ with 'hot scoops'.
Yep. I know of at least one incident personally where the person was fired. These people should absolutely know better.
Good. Nobody who does this shit deserves to be in a position where they have power over vulnerable people
They knew better. We have to take several trainings on personal health information and its something that's taken very seriously.
The law is very strict. We went through it's training again and again and again until it's part of muscle memory. You will even get fired for accessing your dying child's records if you are not part of team assigned to the child
Yup.
It's suicidal to turn a blind eye to HIPAA when working in healthcare.
I mean I hate to say it, but a lot of these people probably thought they could get paid by discreetly providing information to tabloid organizations that were seeking information about his status. So yeah, if they did that, then they deserve to be fired. Sorry. Like others have said above, HIPAA makes medical organizations take this stuff very seriously.
Yep. Can't even check your own girlfriends or family members. That's a no no.
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Yeah, I imagine that was the motivation too. TMZ was not shy about throwing out stories about Smollet last month.
It's great that they take this stuff seriously, but shouldn't the access to these records be way more strict to prevent this from happening in the first place?
It's crazy to me that dozens of employees could simply pull up a celebrities private medical records out of "curiosity." Like even when I try to do a simple price match at Best Buy it requires a manager to come over and authorize it. I would expect hospitals to be way more secure.
It's crazy to me that dozens of employees could simply pull up a celebrities private medical records out of "curiosity." Like even when I try to do a simple price match at Best Buy it requires a manager to come over and authorize it. I would expect hospitals to be way more secure.
In the major retailer I work for too, it's constantly mentioned in our training. Like I feel like you'd be absolutely fucked if you violated HIPAA, it would be difficult to get another job where you can view PHI.
Kind of stupid that they now have to spend the resource to retrain 50 people. They could have hand out displinary actions.
I worked for a call center. You usually only get fired for this stuff if you are stupid to tell it outside of the company (post it or tell some client info to your family) I used to check Seinfeld's account and know how many cable boxes he had.
I worked for a call center. You usually only get fired for this stuff if you are stupid to tell it outside of the company (post it or tell some client info to your family) I used to check Seinfeld's account and know how many cable boxes he had.
100% fault of the employees. HIPAA was created for this very reason. Intrusion of privacy is a big deal and doctors fucking around in patient records is literal power abuse. I have no doubt that there are many instances where doctors have leaked private information and never got caught. But they will eventually. If you ask any medical professional, they will tell you that #1 career suicide move is to fuck with HIPAA. Malpractice doesn't even come close. I am glad it exists.
Because for the longest time, they had no payback or concerns about accessing records?
Hospitals have access to a lot of information. It's pretty sad but if you use our system and not what the nurse's use, you likely would never have been caught. A lot depends on the software you are using. I know a ton of people who have violated hippa but won't get caught. It's really sad.
They don't play with that shit. I have to take training (it's brief) and a few tests each year for compliance. It's also well known that only in the crummiest of health networks are things not audited heavily when a person of note is involved.
I was just tryna violate confidentiality of a human being against federal privacy laws, nothing more than that.
Imagine being arrogant enough to not only do that but complain about it afterwards.
Imagine being arrogant enough to not only do that but complain about it afterwards.
Bam. This. Majority family/friends are in medical field and this is common place...however with a client/patient such as this person, that's something you should definitely avoid.
Yeah, don't fuck with HIPAA. That shit is deadly serious. These guys were really really dumb.
It's so easy to do.
We have a ton of training that explicitly tells you DONT DO THIS.
But it's so easy.
We have a ton of training that explicitly tells you DONT DO THIS.
But it's so easy.
Your comparison to your call center job for the cable company is not remotely the same or comparable to a patient's medical history. HIPPA is there for a reason and they don't fuck around with it. Every employee who accessed it has gone through extensive training about the importance of patient privacy and each firing was deserved, no matter the inconvenience to the employer.
It's' not stupid. Legal action can be taken against the hospital. Training another 50 employees is nothing compared to millions in damages.
