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Source: http://www.natlawreview.com/article...s-bulletin-hipaa-privacy-emergency-situations
In Response to Ebola Outbreak, HHS Issues Bulletin on HIPAA Privacy in Emergency Situations
posted on: Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Prompted by the Ebola outbreak as well as other events, today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a bulletin that serves as a reminder that HIPAA privacy regulations generally apply in emergency situations.
Specifically, OCR notes that the bulletin (1) addresses the ways in which patient information may be shared under the HIPAA Privacy Rule in an emergency situation and (2) serves as a reminder that the protections of the HIPAA Privacy Rule are not set aside during an emergency...
...For more information on the HIPAA standards outlined in this blog post and for additional OCR resources, please see OCR?s bulletin available here.
In Response to Ebola Outbreak, HHS Issues Bulletin on HIPAA Privacy in Emergency Situations
posted on: Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Prompted by the Ebola outbreak as well as other events, today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a bulletin that serves as a reminder that HIPAA privacy regulations generally apply in emergency situations.
Specifically, OCR notes that the bulletin (1) addresses the ways in which patient information may be shared under the HIPAA Privacy Rule in an emergency situation and (2) serves as a reminder that the protections of the HIPAA Privacy Rule are not set aside during an emergency...
...For more information on the HIPAA standards outlined in this blog post and for additional OCR resources, please see OCR?s bulletin available here.