MEDIA
Radio
Alison Kodjak, “Despite Emphasis on Big Hacks, Small Breaches of Medical Privacy Do More Harm,” All Things Considered, National Public Radio (December 10,2015) (https://www.npr.org/2015/12/10/459250050/despite-emphasis-on-big-hacks-small-breaches-of-medical-privacy-do-more-harm).
Charles Ornstein, “Small Breaches of Medical Privacy Can Hurt Patients and Erode Trust,” Morning Edition, National Public Radio (December 10, 2015) (https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/12/10/459091273/small-violations-of-medical-privacy-can-hurt-patients-and-corrode-trust).
television
Adam Kight & Ben Laufer, “Law firm: Another Deaconess physician wrongly accessed women’s private information,” WEVV-44 (November 21, 2022) (https://www.wevv.com/news/top-stories/law-firm-another-deaconess-physician-wrongly-accessed-womens-private-information/article_bc764798-69b7-11ed-8776-e3981ec29e04.html).
Allen Carter, “Can businesses request your vaccination records?,” WTHR-13 (May 14, 2021)(https://www.wthr.com/article/ news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-coronavirus-vaccination-record-business-stores/531-ccaac4dd-0c68-4481-86c8-d3044e7a395f).
Mike Curley, Jr., “Ind. Justices Revive Suit Against Hospital for Privacy Breach,” Law360 (September 26, 2023) (https://www.law360.com/articles/1725889).
Alexa Shrake, “Web Exclusive: Use of wiretap laws changing as civil claims seemingly become more common,” The Indiana Lawyer (August 31, 2023) (https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/web-exclusive-use-of-wiretap-laws-changing-as-civil-claims-seemingly-become-more-common).
Tyler Fenwick, “IN justices asked to ditch modified impact rule for medical privacy breach cases after patient’s info was posted to Facebook,” The Indiana Lawyer (June 22, 2023) (https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/in-justices-asked-to-ditch-modified-impact-rule-for-medical-privacy-breach-cases-after-patients-info-was-posted-to-facebook).
John Russell, “Indiana’s high court to consider privacy in ‘bizarre’ Community Health case,” Indianapolis Business Journal (June 16, 2023) (https://www.ibj.com/articles/indianas-high-court-to-consider-privacy-in-bizarre-community-health-case).
“What To Do If Someone Threatens to Leak Pictures,” Clearway Law (September 27, 2022) (https://clearwaylaw.com/threatens-to-leak-pictures).
Peter Kang, “Patient’s Privacy Suit Over Hospital Worker’s Text Revived,” Law360 (May 16, 2020) (https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1274186/patient-s-privacy-suit-over-hospital-worker-s-text-revived).
Theresa Defino, “‘Stop Being Passive’ and the Urge to Snoop: Attorney Offers More Insights from Trenches,” 20 Report on Patient Privacy 3 (March 2020) (https://compliancecosmos.org/stop-being-passive-and-urge-snoop-attorney-offers-more-insights-trenches).
Theresa Defino, “‘Any of Us Could Lose Our Deepest Secrets’: Privacy Attorney Shares View from Trenches,” 20 Report on Patient Privacy 2 (February 2020) (https://compliancecosmos.org/any-us-could-lose-our-deepest-secrets-privacy-attorney-shares-view-trenches).
Theresa Defino, “The Role of OCR in Compensating Victims of Breaches Remains Unfulfilled,” 19 Report on Patient Privacy 8 (August 7, 2019) (https://compliancecosmos.org/role-ocr-compensating-victims-breaches-remains-unfulfilled).
Peter Kang, “Patient Privacy Suit Against Ind. Hospital, Doctor Revived,” Law360 (May 6, 2019) (https://www.law360.com/articles/1156843/patient-privacy-suit-against-ind-hospital-doctor-revived).
“It’s Not Just Celebs Who Tempt Medical Record Snoopers,” ALM Media (March 18, 2019) (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-just-celebs-tempt-medical-010052623.html).
Erica Teichert, “At 20, is HIPAA hitting its stride, or is it over the hill?”, Modern Healthcare (August 13, 2016) (https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160813/MAGAZINE/308139964/at-20-is-hipaa-hitting-its-stride-or-is-it-over-the-hill).
“Health Data Riddled with Security Risks, Experts Say,” MeriTalk (May 10, 2016) (https://www.meritalk.com/articles/health-data-riddled-with-security-risks-experts-say/).
Jocelyn Wiener, “Panelists agree HIPAA privacy rule is outdated,” Association of Health Care Journalists (April 26, 2016) (https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2016/04/panelists-agree-hipaa-privacy-rule-is-outdated-ahcj16/).
John Russell, “Five cool things I learned last week,” The Dose, Indianapolis Business Journal (April 14, 2016) (https://www.ibj.com/blogs/the-dose/58122-article-headline).
“It’s Official: HIPAA Audits are in Full Swing,” Health Claims Plus (April 7, 2016) (https://www.hcptx.com/official-hipaa-audits-full-swing/).
Charles Ornstein, “Small-Scale Violations of Medical Privacy Often Cause the Most Harm,” ProPublica (December 10, 2015) (https://www.propublica.org/article/small-scale-violations-of-medical-privacy-often-cause-the-most-harm).
Faria Chideya, “Medical Privacy Under Threat in the Age of Big Data,” The Intercept (August 6, 2015) (https://theintercept.com/2015/08/06/how-medical-privacy-laws-leave-patient-data-exposed/).
Tatiana Melnik, “An interview with Neal Eggeson, discussing his privacy breach win against Walgreen Company: Hinchy case creates precedent for the future,” 17 Journal of Health Care Compliance (March-April 2015) (https://engage.ahima.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=f4337923-1095-478b-9491-6ecc769241bd).
Jennifer Nelson, “$1.8M verdict against Walgreen for pharmacist’s data breach stands,” The Indiana Lawyer (January 15, 2015) (https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/36141-18m-verdict-against-walgreen-for-pharmacists-data-breach-stands).
Joyce L.T. Chang, The Dark Cloud of Convenience: How the New HIPAA Omnibus Rules Fail to Protect Electronic Personal Health Information, 34 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 119 (2014) (https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/elr/vol34/iss2/1).
David Raths, “How employee snooping results in HIPAA trouble,” PsychCongress (December 5, 2014) (https://www.psychcongress.com/article/how-employee-snooping-results-hipaa-trouble).
Dave Stafford, “Walgreen Privacy Judgment ‘Game-Changer,’” The Indiana Lawyer (December 2, 2014) (https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/35776-walgreen-privacy-judgment-game-changer).
“Walgreens, Pharmacist Liable for HIPAA Violation,” DrugTopics (November 25, 2014) (https://www.drugtopics.com/legal-compliance/walgreens-pharmacist-liable-hipaa-violation).
“Four Lessons for Health Providers from Walgreen Privacy Ruling,” Law360 (November 19, 2014) (https://www.law360.com/articles/597392/4-lessons-for-health-providers-from-walgreen-privacy-ruling).
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, “Court Upholds $1.4 Million Privacy Verdict,” Gov Info Security (November 17, 2014) (https://www.govinfosecurity.com/court-upholds-14-million-privacy-verdict-a-7567).
Tim Evans, “Court Found Employee Breached HIPAA Confidentiality Rules,” The Indianapolis Star (November 14, 2014) (https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/11/14/m-award-upheld-walgreen-pharmacist-shared-patient-data/19035783/).
Dave Stafford, “Lawyer: Affirmed $1.4M Judgment Against Walgreen Sets HIPAA Precedent,” The Indiana Lawyer (November 14, 2014) (https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/11/14/m-award-upheld-walgreen-pharmacist-shared-patient-data/19035783/).
“Neal Eggeson on HIPAA and the Hinchy v. Walgreen Co. Case,” PLUSBlog (April 24, 2014) (https://plusblog.org/2014/04/24/neal-eggeson-on-hipaa-and-the-hinchy-v-walgreen-co-case/).
Michael J. Sacopulos, “Patient Privacy Breaches: Sexual, Creepy, and Illegal,” Medscape (March 6, 2014) (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820945_3).
Tim Evans, “Walgreens must pay woman $1.44M,” The Indianapolis Star (July 27, 2013).
“2013 IHIMA: Lawsuits by Patients for Unauthorized Disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI),” OTAVA Blog Post (April 19, 2013) (https://www.otava.com/blog/2013-ihima-lawsuits-by-patients-for-unauthorized-disclosure-of-protected-health-information-phi/).
Rebecca Berfanger, “Protecting Privacy: Patient wins case following disclosure of HIV status,” The Indiana Lawyer (July 20, 2010) (https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/24329-patient-wins-case-following-disclosure-of-hiv-status).
Publications
“Intrusion into Privacy – How Indiana Veered Off Course, and How It Can Get Back On Track,” 56 Res Gestae 6 (ISBA Jan/Feb 2013)
“Searching for Road Signs on Indiana’s ‘Scope of Employment’ Highway,” IX Indiana Civil Litigation Review (DTCI 2012) [Part 1] [Part 2]
“Snatching Confusion from the Jaws of Clarity: The Puzzling Evolution of Indiana's Medical Malpractice Discovery Rule,” 8 Ind. Health L. Rev. 95 (2011) [Part 1] [Part 2]
Contributing Author, “Advanced Employment Law 2009,” ICLEF Master’s Series (July 2009)
“The Return of the Anonymous Nonparty: Why Hasn't Anyone Noticed?,” 49 Res Gestae 10 (ISBA June 2006)
“Mitigation of Damages – Rewritten Into Irrelevance,” 48 Res Gestae 9 (ISBA May 2005)
“What Went Wrong with Mitigation of Damages?” 48 Res Gestae 8 (ISBA April 2005)
Contributing Author, Indiana Law Encyclopedia, IV Negligence, Comparative Fault (West 2000)
“Joint Liability Under Comparative Fault,” Indiana Lawyer (March 16, 1999)