Nursing home accidentally posts PHI on Web
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, April 19, 2004
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A technical hiccup on a Florida-state government Web site allows unauthorized individuals to view nursing-home patient information, the Miami Herald reported April 15.
The MyFlorida.com site has a feature for posting complaints about nursing home care, that often include patient names, health problems, and treatment information. A man posting to the site discovered that by slightly altering the Web address he could view the entire complaint database for Miami-Dade county, according to the Herald.
The Herald contacted the managers of the site, and it is currently off-line.
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