Chapter 9. Health Data Breaches
Imagine if a photograph from your medical record was tweeted out onto the Internet, revealing your latest medical problem to everyone in the world. That’s exactly what happened to NFL football player Jason Pierre-Paul after he injured his right hand in a fireworks accident.
After ESPN journalist Adam Schefter received a photograph of Pierre-Paul’s hospital chart, he tweeted: “ESPN obtained medical charts that show Giants DE Jason Pierre-Paul had right index finger amputated today.” The corresponding photos showed the operating room schedule and an excerpt of Pierre-Paul’s medical record from Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital.1
1. Matt Bonesteel, “Jason Pierre-Paul, Adam Schefter and HIPAA: What It all Means,” ...
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