I often hear of nurses who made HIPAA violations, none of whom intended to breach privacy but either curiosity or carelessness got the best of them. Here are ten such examples: EMR – If you forget to log out of a computer terminal, someone else can follow you to access anything under you log in. Computers are smart and everything you do on the device can be tracked.  Every keystroke you make, every chart you look at, everything!  Even if you accidentally pull up a wrong patient’s chart, … [Read more...]