Eleven Outrageous HIPAA Violations

They did what?! Scroll through the slides to view 11 costly mistakes providers have made when dealing with confidential patient information.

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_{Woman out of a job after sending tweet to Governor Barbour}

_{HHS Settles with Health Plan in Photocopier Breach Case}

_{HHS settles case with Phoenix Cardiac Surgery for lack of HIPAA safeguards}

_{Health Information Privacy Enforcement Examples Involving HIV/AIDS$800,000}

_{HIPAA settlement in medical records dumping case}

_{Hospital employee allegedly makes fun of patient's medical condition on Facebook; officials investigating}

_{Massachusetts General Hospital Settles Potential HIPAA Violations Lawsuit: UC Med Center employees leaked patient's history on Facebook}

_{Californian Sentenced to Prison for HIPAA ViolationResolution Agreement: Shasta Regional Medical Center}

_{Dentist Changes Process to Safeguard PHI}