Hello everyone
I am a 3rd year FM Resident about to be graduating in June. I had a pretty smooth sailing so far and even passed my ABFM board exam. So, earlier in May I got called by our GME director saying I was found to be guilty of HIPAA violation as I had accessed my wife's medical records. At that time, I did say that my wife knew about it and apologized profusely if it was a HIPAA violation. He then said they have a pretty strict hipaa violation policy due to a previous incident and that if I was an attending I would have been directly terminated but since I am a resident they are going to be putting me on probation for hipaa violation until end of my residency. I talked to my PD about it and he said he never had a situation where a resident was on probation for this and could not help in changing my probation to like a warning. Now, I have already signed a contract with another health system to work there back in April. We are currently in the process of credentialing and applying for my state license. I hope anyone can help in answering a few questions I have:
1- Should I inform my current employer or the credentialing dept about this new development?
2- How should I plead my case when I answer yes to the question about being on probation while during residency
3- Will this probation have an effect on my future job prospects?
4- I want to apply for medical license to the states of Ohio, Michigan and Texas as I intend to finally settle in one of those states. Will this probation have an affect on me getting a full unrestricted license.
I know I made a mistake by accessing my wifes record, I am really disappointed in myself and will never repeat such a mistake in the future. I have even stopped my colleagues since then from accessing records they are not taking care of. I hope any of you will help in answering my questions as I am really confused and have no idea how to proceed from here.
I am a 3rd year FM Resident about to be graduating in June. I had a pretty smooth sailing so far and even passed my ABFM board exam. So, earlier in May I got called by our GME director saying I was found to be guilty of HIPAA violation as I had accessed my wife's medical records. At that time, I did say that my wife knew about it and apologized profusely if it was a HIPAA violation. He then said they have a pretty strict hipaa violation policy due to a previous incident and that if I was an attending I would have been directly terminated but since I am a resident they are going to be putting me on probation for hipaa violation until end of my residency. I talked to my PD about it and he said he never had a situation where a resident was on probation for this and could not help in changing my probation to like a warning. Now, I have already signed a contract with another health system to work there back in April. We are currently in the process of credentialing and applying for my state license. I hope anyone can help in answering a few questions I have:
1- Should I inform my current employer or the credentialing dept about this new development?
2- How should I plead my case when I answer yes to the question about being on probation while during residency
3- Will this probation have an effect on my future job prospects?
4- I want to apply for medical license to the states of Ohio, Michigan and Texas as I intend to finally settle in one of those states. Will this probation have an affect on me getting a full unrestricted license.
I know I made a mistake by accessing my wifes record, I am really disappointed in myself and will never repeat such a mistake in the future. I have even stopped my colleagues since then from accessing records they are not taking care of. I hope any of you will help in answering my questions as I am really confused and have no idea how to proceed from here.