Terminated from Residency - advice needed

Long time lurker but haven't posted much. Here is my story: I was about to finish PGY2 Family Medicine Residency when I was terminated for a HIPAA/compliance violation. What occurred was, that I had contacted a patient via phone on a rotation (thinking the patient was mine) prior to an appointment with Occupational Medicine. We had a short discussion about medical history over the phone (what I had gleaned from EPIC). I quickly realized I had no business reason to speak to the patient, so I... Terminated from Residency - advice needed
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