Disappearing John is, well, disappearing....

It has been a bad week.

I almost got fired on Monday.

Long story made incredibly short, one of my children was in my hospital several months ago, and I looked at their medical record using my personal ID to do so. As is stated on every computer we sign in on, looking at anyone's medical record that we do not have legal reason to be involved with is against company policy, and doing so is a serious violation of company policy.

Somehow, in some "random" audit, it was noted that I accessed the files of someone with my same last name, and that caused someone to do some digging.

Basically, I was called before the legal department and HR and asked if I had ever accessed a family member's records. I was completely honest, said yes, and explained what I did.

I was shown the audit trail, told that if I had denied it, I would have been fired immediatly.

I was suspended without pay for 2 days, along with a long speech about how my computer access was going to be under incredible scrutiny for the next 12 months.

Nothing was said about my blog. I still don't know how many people at work know about it, but I cannot risk the fact that someone would report the blog, and someone would think I was, yet again, violating HIPPA or patient confidentiality.

I won't get in to the fact I feel I am being made an example of. I wasn't looking up a famous celebrity, I didn't share any protected health information. I did violate policy, and I am paying the consequences for it.

I have deleted all of the history of the blog. I cannot believe how painful it was to do that.

I have made some tremendous friends through blogging. I will amost certainly be back, with a new name and a far more annoymous blog. I will also keep my email address to keep in touch with those who do, and to let those who want to read the "new me" when I decide to begin anew...

I thank each and every one of you that have stopped by over the years to give me a read!

John