Akwasi Case Study

Akwasi, I also thought that the fines seemed a little small compared to other cases where this has happened. Typically, the high profile celebrity cases do tend to create more of an awareness and seem to have fines that are a lot higher. Like you mentioned, regardless of status or celebrity, patients' medical information is federally required to be kept private and secure. HIPAA protects the security and privacy of all medical records and other health information used or shared in any form. I like how you put it that patient confidentiality cannot be understated or compromised. I think the hospital could help to prevent further occurrences, by also increasing audit trails and maybe adding an encryption system for particular records which would