Is This a HIPPA violation
My Father recently passed away after an industrial accident and being hospitalized for four months. We requested and had to pay for an autopsy. We got the preliminary autopsy results and as I was reading them felt there was something wrong. I then looked again at the first part of the page and saw that this report was from a man who was not my father. I called the medical center that we paid to do the autopsy and the lady I talked to emediatly knew how and when this happened and informed me to destroy the report that I have in my hands, and said I would receive the correct one with in a couple days. I am also wondering if my fathers autopsy report was also sent to the wrong people being that I got the wrong one. If this is what do I do about it. Do we have any recourse. One other question the hospital that he was first in the nurses gave report about each patient in the patients room 4-6 patients per room with family members sitting in the rooms and being able to hear what was said about each patient. What can be done. Thanks
Comment on ScottGem's post
I am not looking for "payout". I would hate to see anyone else go through what I did. How was I harmed-how would you like to be strapped down on a gurney-over a bruis knee, slammed onto a wooden backed board and have a needle jammed in your spinal