Thanks for the advice and it will be passed alone. The IT member was one of my staff and I feel horrible that something that happens EVERY day here is now causing him to have a mark on his record. He is my TOP employee and has be a loyal and valued member of my team for 7 years. I just feel bad...
Ok, so then one of those other IT staff members then feels this is a violation and reports it to compliance. Who then opens an investigation and both the nurse and the IT get suspended for two weeks without pay for a HIPAA Violation. Stating that the IT guy had no reason to know the condition of...
Sorry, posted inthe wrong thread. This is the right place for my inquiry.
If a worker in the IT department of a hospital, who comes in contact with nursing staff ALL the time, had the following happened, would it be any type of HIPAA violation:
Would it be a violation for a nurse to tell IT...