Have already said that I personally cannot understand why Liz Morgan continues in her position as Director of Human Management Information (ie, YOUR patient records) as well as HIPAA privacy officer. In May, Ms Morgan pled guilty to a 3rd degree felony for taking money from Cottonwood Baptist Church, will be on probation under deferred adjudication for 10 years, and will be unable to expunge her record at that point. That should be enough for honest, ethical people to, if not fire her immediately from the hospital, at the very least move her into some position of little responsiblity. 

To add to that, I'm going to bring up again something that happened a couple of years ago in late November, 2013. Liz Morgan's daughter took a photo of a local, well known Glen Rose resident who had passed away, and was in a body bag; the vantage point was out the window of the hospital at the driveway outside. The daughter posted it publicly on instagram with the caption "I see dead people'. As you might imagine, some pushback occurred from those appalled at that being Ms Morgan's daughter's idea of a joke. One of the moms communicated with Ms Morgan, probably figuring she simply didn't know what her daughter had done. Ms Morgan defended her daughter and said it had been a joke. I saw screen shots of the back and forth at the time, and was really surprised at her reaction. I spoke to the other mom, who a lot of people know and love, and she was equally astonished and disgusted. As a mom, had my daughter done this, I would have expressed condemnation of that type of thing, made sure publicly that not only was that photo removed but public apologies made. (Mistakes DO happen and, in my world, the measure of a person isn't whether that one is perfect, but what is done to correct mistakes and take responsibility).  I didn't know who Liz Morgan was, so looked her up and saw she was the HIPAA privacy officer. In other words, Liz Morgan is the person at Glen Rose Medical Center in charge of making sure that rules regarding keeping patient information confidential and in accordance with rules set out by the US Department of Health and Human Services are followed to the letter. And yet, THIS woman condoned and made excuses for the daughter taking a photo of a patient in a body bag FROM an office window IN the hospital. I can't be sure, of course, but is it possible the picture was done FROM Liz Morgan's office window? 

When I found that out, I filed a complaint with HIPAA by sending in a complaint to the address on the HIPAA website, which is how HIPAA complaints are handled. Got back a reply some time later that nothing was going to be done. I nonetheless was disquieted by knowing that this was the type of person in a position of trust and responsiblity at Glen Rose Medical Center and watched for a bit to see if Ray Reynolds or the board then in charge was going to do anything. Nope. Nothing was done. 

Ms Morgan continued on in that position and, from what I can see, had been taking money from the church since August 2011 through November 13, 2013-Mike Easter put in a complaint in April, 2014.  Did you catch those dates? Her stealing was NOT an *oopsie*- she was taking money for almost 2 and a half years. The grand jury of July 2014 indicted her, and as I said before, she did a plea bargain in May of 2015, and pled GUILTY to 3rd degree felony. 

I want you to imagine if it was YOUR family member that had been treated so lightly by, not just any old person hanging around, but the daughter of the person who knows YOUR family member's patient information and yet made excuses for her daughter. AND, by the highest and most disgusting irony, is the person whose position is HIPAA privacy. I don't have a description of what Glen Rose Medical Center expects from such a one but from another website

• Assists in the identification, implementation and maintenance of the practice/organization’s information privacy policies and procedures in coordination with his/her immediate supervisor, a Privacy Oversight Committee (if applicable in larger practices or practice groups) and legal counsel.