A pharmacist is fined $225,000 and sentenced to ten years in prison for breaking personal health information laws according to the penalties outlined in HIPAA. In order to receive this criminal penalty, the pharmacist most likely accidentally left a computer file with medical records open after leaving the computer. talked with friends in the neighborhood about which people are trying a certain new brand of medication.
intentionally shared a patient’s medical information with the intent of harming the patient.
asked a recent college graduate’s parents about their daughter’s condition when she was not at the pharmacy.