in July 2023 for a sentence of life in prison with the chance of seeking parole in 25 years for raping the girl.Rokita’s lawsuit filed Friday in federal court said IU Health has been inconsistent, firing employees for less serious breaches while keeping Bernard. The lawsuit said that confusion is unacceptable for the state’s largest health network, with over 36,000 team members who serve 100,000 admissions every year.
“By publicly ratifying Dr. Bernard’s misconduct, IUH has revealed a systemic flaw in its implementation and administration of HIPAA rules that affect the privacy of all its patients,” prosecutors wrote.The AG’s office wrote that IUH’s definition of personally identifiable information includes “all elements of dates.” It said IUH’s risk assessment that cleared Bernard “failed to consider that Dr.
The lawsuit asks the court to enter a permanent injunction requiring IU Health to, among other things, update or create rules to safeguard patient information and prohibit its staff from disclosing sensitive patient information without proper patient approval.Rokita’s office did not respond to The Post’s request for information on how many taxpayer dollars have gone into the lawsuit and other efforts of the attorney general to hold Bernard accountable.
Rokita’s comments on Fox News about the case were the focus of the misconduct charges against him by the Disciplinary Commission. RokitaRokita’s office filed the lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana. On Monday, Joshua J. Minkler, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, submitted paperwork to the court that he would represent IU Health in the case.