$1.44M HIPAA award upheld after Walgreen pharmacist shared patient data
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The Indiana Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a $1.4 million verdict against Walgreen Co. and one of its pharmacists who shared confidential medical information about a client that had once dated her husband.
The order is the first published appellate court decision in the nation in which a health-care provider has been held liable for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act committed by an employee, according to Indianapolis attorney Neal F. Eggeson Jr., who represented the victim.
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It’s about time. I’m sort of believing that HIPPA doesn’t mean anything anymore.
It wont exist if the PMP data bases start entering diagnosis codes in pharmacy records one day. Just a matter of time. The next thing will be the NSA getting a hold of these pharmacy records some day. Kinda scary when each of us has no personal privacy. I can’t help but support the MO senator trying to not allow this data base in his state. Far too much of our personal business is out there already. Just look at the insurance company that was hacked recently.