Wyoming’s Ivinson Memorial Hospital has fired one employee, suspended two, and reprimanded four for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The act went into effect in 2003 in an effort to better protect patients’ privacy. No patients who looked at their own records will be fired, interim chief executive says. Trustee: Many of the employees probably looked at records with harmless intent, but no patients who did so will get fired, Braccino says. “There is an appropriate process for employees to inquire about their medical or financial information,” hospital trustee says.”]
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