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An employee of a hospital accessed unauthorized medical information of another hospital employee while she was a patient and then shared the information with another employee. What recourse is there against the employee and the hospital?
That is a violation, if it is done for non business needs. You can report the violation to the HIPAA board, who may choose to issue a retraining memo to the offending department or company. If you have not suffered any specific financial damages, you have no basis for a lawsuit.
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