Cynthia Meyer Case Summary

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Cynthia Meyers is a registered health information technician (RHIT). She works at Quinbery General Hospital as an ROI, also known as a release of information specialist. She competed a year and a half of nursing school prior to going to college for HIM. She excelled in Pharmacology and Pathophysiology.
Although Cynthia Meyers had an impressive background she made a major mistake one day costing a patient his life. What she saw as an innocent and helpful suggestion, it costed Bob Snyder, a patient at the hospital his life. She agreed to read his DVT report and suggested that it looked alright to her, without having the appropriate credentials. The problem with this is that Cynthia is not licensed to release this type of information and hasn’t