Any revelation of protected health information can violate HIPAA. This may include talking about specific patients, posting images or videos that could result in a patient being identified, or gossiping, complaining about patients, or even defending a negative review on yelp or other platforms. A HIPAA breach may occur whether the information is shared publicly or in private chat messages.nnThe best way to avoid a HIPAA violation is to never talk about or post pictures or videos of your patients online. If you are being investigated for a violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, reach out to a California nurse license defense lawyer as soon as possible.