- Jurisdiction
- Colorado
Is it a violation of HIPPA for a nurse to tell someone the results of a patient's blood work while the patient is asleep? The person who was told was not a family member of the patient and the patient had not given consent for anyone to be given her personal information. The patient was also not a minor. Also could anything be legally done about this? As a direct result of the nurse giving out the patients personal information the patient was put directly in harms way and ended up sustaining further injuries.