Legal Question in Health Care Law in Florida

I work for a company that handles thousands of medical records. These record are store on computers and the information (which consisted of names, addresses, SS#, and other private information) is stores unencrypted. There is no need for a password to access the information if you are sitting at one of the computers and when it is transfered to another system it s transfered across the network unencrypted as well.

As far as I'm concerned this is like leaving the patients private information out on a counter for the whole world to see.

To what extent is my company liable for securing this information. Can we get in trouble legally for not securing this medical information properly?


Asked on 4/27/10, 7:36 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Tami Diebel The Plaintiffs Law Firm

To the tune of $50,000.00 per incident not to exceed $1.5 million per year. An incident would be described as the inappropriate dissemination of protected health information.

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Answered on 5/05/10, 7:12 am


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