tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 26

Your Employees' Facebook Posts Could Come Back To Haunt You

on't risk patients' privacy just to blow off steam.The last thing your practice needs is to deal with the fallout from an employee turning to social media to blow off steam after working with your patients.Think a HIPAA breach won't happen? Think again. Alexandra Thran of Westerly Hospital in Charlestown, R.I. took to her Facebook account to recount a few of her emergency room encounters. Though she was careful not to reveal any patient names, people still figured out who she was talking about, which is a breach of protected health information under HIPAA, according to...

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