A few days ago, something very unfortunate happened. I was put into a situation that, by no fault of my own, violated my HIPAA rights. I am not going to get into the details of it and I'm certainly not going to go into details about what happened.
The issue of this blog is that I had a choice to make. Because of the HIPAA violation this person inflicted on me, by pure human error, I could in essence, have him lose his job. I thought long and hard about whether or not to file a claim with HIPAA folk, but after a long talk with him, I am sure that something like this will never happen again. I'm sure his mistake has him rattled to the core and not just because I sternly expressed my opinion. No, rather, human mistakes...human errors...need to happen so that we can make improvements in our lives.
I have decided that the error is not going to ruin anyone's life and so who am I to potentially ruin someone else's life? Do I trust him fully anymore? Nah, not really. Do I think he has the potential to regain that trust? Yes, absolutely. Plus there's always the concept of perpetuating negativity; if I reported him, then here we go, into an investigation and stress and cost and whatever...and for what? To prove something we know? That he simply made a mistake? No, that is not an example of living life fully and with forgiveness, compassion, and constant learning.
It has happened and it is gone. It is time to show more compassion and forgiveness in this world.
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