If I am working as a certified nursing assistant on a skilled nursing unit and I get into a patients chart to call a patients family member for my own personal gains, is that a hipaa violation and can I be terminated?
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If I am working as a certified nursing assistant on a skilled nursing unit and I get into a patients chart to call a patients family member for my own personal gains, is that a hipaa violation and can I be terminated?
Of course it's a HIPAA violation!! Is this really a serious question?
And yes, you could and SHOULD be terminated for this.
Judy, they are not licensed per se... but rather certified.
I smell troll.
Just a tingling. When someone asks a question with such an obvious answer, its trollish.
Any medical professional or anyone with access to healthcare information are not immune to hipaa
We are allowed to say "patient" but nothing to give away the identity of the patient in any way
We aren't allowed to share any personal information about the patient in any way unless medically necessary to treat the patient (being with other doctors or other medical professionals to treat patient or if patient is unable to speak for self often family steps in for medical care, like if the patient was unconscious)
Any violations, depending on the severity, can result in your licensure being revoked or in some cases jail time
In this case the worst would be a the fine is 250,00 dollars and 10 years jail time
HIPAA Penalties
ACNA should know better than to ask a question like this! Of course it's a HIPPA violation and yes, you could be terminated. While you are not licensed, your certification can also be suspended which would prevent you from acquiring another CNA job in the future.
Excuse the typo - HIPAA was intended.
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