How the story began
Jackson Health System in Miami, Fla., is investigating a nurse who allegedly posted photos mocking a neonatal intensive care unit patient on social media, CBS Miami reported Sept. 12.
A Jackson Health System employee is on administrative leave following disturbing posts on social media that appear to mock a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Two pictures of the newborn patient, taken inside the hospital’s NICU, were posted to the Instagram account connected to nurse Sierra Samuels.
One of the pictures has a caption that reads, “My night was going great then boom!”
The other picture of the infant was posted with the caption, “Your intestines ‘posed to be inside not outside baby!”
Samuels has also posted several pictures of herself on the job. Now she is off the job for the time being.
The pictures posted on Samuels’ account are now at the center of an internal review.
In an emailed statement to Becker‘s, a Jackson Health System spokesperson stressed the health system’s commitment to privacy.
Comments from the Jackson Health System spokesperson
“Protecting the privacy of our patients is always a top priority at Jackson Health System. Any potential privacy breach is taken seriously and thoroughly investigated.”
Becker‘s, a Jackson Health System spokesperson
Jackson Health System provides privacy policy training to all its employees on a regular basis, and employees who violate its rules and HIPAA as well “are subject to disciplinary action, including suspension or termination, “according to the health system.
Jackson Health System has notified the parent of the patient whose privacy was breached.
“In addition to the general HIPAA violation that we’d be looking at here, there’s a sense of decency about the rights and expectations we all have in our likenesses and our images.”
David Weinstein, a litigation attorney in Miami, told CBS Miami
We will post the updates on this case once the investigation results are disclosed.
