Question

An investigator obtains consent and HIPAA authorization from subjects to review their medical records and HIV status. He plans to go back to the medical record, so the HIV status information is stored along with subject identifiers in a database that he keeps on his laptop computer. His laptop is stolen. This incident constitutes_______.

Answer 1

Answer: A breach of confidentiality

Explanation:

 According to the given incident, An investigator is basically obtaining the HIPAA authorization for the purpose of reviewing all the records related to the medical status.

Then, he uses his laptop identifying the subject in the database for reviewing the medical information.

But someone stolen his laptop so his incident is basically constituting about a breach of confidentiality. It is the process of violating the confidential or the unauthorized data without any consent in the military, medical filed and the different types of other legal professions.  

  Therefore, A breach of confidentiality is the correct answer.