Pennsylvania hospital fires nursing aide for HIPAA violation

Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa., has fired a nurse's aide for accessing patient records without proper authorization, according to a report from The Times-Tribune

The hospital informed 390 patients of the potential exposure of their information. Information that may have been inappropriately accessed includes Social Security numbers, insurance information and diagnoses, according to the report.

The unnamed nurse's aide was fired for violating HIPAA. The hospital is offering affected patients a year of free access to a credit monitoring service, according to the report.

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