Indiana physician fined for discarding patient records in trash
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, August 25, 2008
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Indiana state officials have fined J.B. O'Donnell, MD, of Bloomington, IN $1,250 for improperly discarding more than a dozen boxes full of patient records, according to an Associated Press (AP) article in the August 19 edition of the Chicago Tribune.
O’Donnell also promised to post information about the possible security breach on his Web site for 30 days, according to the article.
A passerby discovered the discarded files in the trash behind the physician’s office during October 2007 and alerted The Herald-Times of Bloomington. A newspaper article alerted state officials to the problem, according to the AP. The files contained patient names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and other clinical and personal information.
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