Releasing Protected Health Information HCR/210

Resource: Ch. 9 of Essentials of Health Information Management

Explain, using 750 to1,050 words, when covered entities may release protected health information only with a patient’s consent and when they may release it without consent, for each category: Government agencies Legal agencies or representatives Research groups

Discuss the principles that permit disclosure of protected health information without a patient’s consent, and state whether or not you feel privacy safeguards are adequate to support those principles.