At a recent doctor's appointment, the doctor was discussing my weight, and asked me if I knew what my BMI (body mass index) was. I told him I didn't know. He then opened the exam room door and shouted down the hall to the nurse, "what is (my name - first and last) body mass index?" She shouted the answer back to him. The doctor then closed the door, and asked me if I wanted to know the number. I replied that I had already heard it (and so did everyone else in the waiting room and probably the exam rooms.) I was mortified to have that personal and confidential information broadcast in this way. What should I do?

Report the breach of HIPAA to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Apparently violations of HIPPA are rarely if ever punished. But assuming there were other patients in earshot, it does appear that this was a violation.