A hospital records transporter is moving medical records from the hospital to an off-site building. During the transport, a chart falls from the box on to the street. It is discovered when the transporter arrives at the off-site building and the number of charts is not correct. What type of violation is this?

This type of violation is called a Breach

Explanation:

A breach occurs when a patient's private health information is knowingly or unknowingly given out without the consent of the patient. A breach is valid except on court orders or special requests by government health officials.

The doctor-patient confidentiality is such a serious one that, it even outlives a patient. If a patient dies, the patient's medical records is still protected by the doctor-patient confidentiality.

If a patient's medical information is given out without due consent, the patient is in a position to sue for invasion of privacy because the breach is protected by state law.

It is never acceptable to be dishonest, especially when it comes to someone's life.

Explanation:

Say I had a form of a deadly cancer and my doctor says to me "Hey you'll be ok we will do the surgery next month." a deadly cancer could kill me within that time period.