Life after hipaa violation
I worked for a hospital in a responsible position for 6 years. During this time I had to review many charts as part of my position. In the past few weeks, my mother was in the ICU. My entire family felt that we were not getting the whole picture. Yes, I did it. I yielded to temptation and read my mother's chart. Another family member slipped and said something to our wicked step-sister that she didn't already know and she put two and two together and turned me in (my step father has mom's power of attorney). I had a spotless record, but of course, I was terminated at once. I knew this was a risk but took it anyway and I lost. I will learn from this and go on. What I need to now is-am I now on some kind of national registry? Am I banned from ever working in healthcare related fields again? I am just trying to recover from losing my job and trying to pick up the pieces while still trying to help my family deal with the fact that our mother has a catastrophic brain injury. I need to figure out what my career options are from this point forward. I had never been tempted before and doubt I would be again but I'm sure I'm not the only person who has ever yielded to temptation on this matter when it was their loved one laying there. :(
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