If a subpoena orders a copy of a patient's "records" does a health provider have to provide ALL records including all charts from every department?
A patient is unable to respond and the hospital does not know his/her identity. Can the patient's picture be disseminated to the police and press to help with the identification process?
Can the police demand to know if a wanted criminal (warrant out for arrest) is being treated in a health care facility?
Can a health care provider (nurse, physician) contact the police if a patient confesses to a crime to him or her? How about if the health care provider merely overhears the confession being made to another person within the health care facility?
A patient provides his/her medical records to a non-health care provider who is not covered by HIPAA. Are those records still covered by HIPAA rules in any way; that is, can the person who has the patient medical records share them with anyone?
A patient of a facility being treated for an ailment tells his nurse that he stole some drugs from the unit he works on. Can the nurse tell HR or security?