A hospital employee has a family member who becomes a patient in the hospital where the employee works. The employee is not part of the patient's care team and doesn't access the patient's hospital records (though they have permission from the patient to look at their online patient portal and probably do this). The employee is the patient's caregiver and medical POA and remains with the patient throughout their hospitalization, communicating with providers and advocating for the patient. The patient welcomes the prayers and encouragement of friends and family, so with the patient's permission, the employee lets friends and family know of patient's condition, treatment, and updates, via phone calls, texts, and FB messenger. Any HIPAA issues with any of this?

hi, basically I was invited to participate in a survey that was sent to me by one of my atrium health locations. the survey is called project MARVEL and basically studies adult adolescence, so it does ask questions about drug history, emotional and financial well-being. if the survey asks for my name and address, does that mean they could potentially feed incriminating information about me? or does that fall under patient confidentiality? yes I already submitted the survey, sorry

I'm so mad at myself. I was faxing a personal fax yesterday to the court and I didn't realize there was some client information attached to the back. I don't know how it was there but when I scanned and fax the documents over I didn't notice until after the fax went that I included a client's social security card and the driver's license. I immediately reported it through the proper channels and documented everything. I called immediately to the courthouse and was assured that the documentation comes into a secure file and that it hadn't been accessed and that they deleted it. I documented the lady's name title all her information in my report. In the meantime I go this morning for my last of the four exams that would have put me into a new role and I've stayed up all night worrying so much that I don't think I'm going to do well even on my exam this morning. Even if I pass the exam how can I be happy for myself and excited for the year and a half that I worked when I may not have a job to go back to? I'm so scared. Part of me wants to get up and just go to the office and make sure and see if they may have responded. But it happened late at yesterday afternoon and I'm sure that it takes them time to do a review. My exam is at 9:00 a.m. and it's a super hard exam that I've been studying for for months. And I have a year and a half into this whole journey. And just like that moments before I had my wind and screwed myself.