In the place where I worked, both the patient and the clinician sign the HIPAA privacy form for every admission. It is in addition to orientation on the law and regulation. No evidence was presented to deny Dr. Zhou claim that he did know about the law. Let assume that you were the persecutor, would you make this as part of your supportive argument. What do you think was Zhou motives. The facility could have also been fined base of the law for up to $10,000 for negligent because of their failure to protect patients records for each he accessed the electronic patient system after he was terminated. Do you think that would fair.
