Possible HIPAA violation in the workplace
I work at a hospital. I had some physical therapy at the hospital in which I work, and the therapist did a poor job, exacerbating a different physical problem I had, causing me a great deal of pain despite my warnings about the situation. I got upset and said some negative things to the therapist. When I had my annual review a few days later (by my boss's boss), I was called to task about having hurt this therapists feelings and lectured about how important it was to be nice to everyone, etc. I was told to apologize to her, which I did.
I feel this was a violation of my HIPAA rights; the incident happened as a patient, and I was reprimanded as an employee. What are my options here? Do I have cause for a civil suit against this employer? Thank you.