Re: Being sued for Hipaa violoation

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On 7/28/08, hospital worker wrote:
> I am being sued for a hippa violation. A former coworker
> is suing me for looking at his Cat Scan report. I am CT
> scan technologist that was working in the dept that day.
> The information was not released to anyone Does he have a
> right to sue me?

You were working in the department that day but did you have
a need to look at that person's report? Even if you did
look at it, if there was no harm there is usually no case.