Which of the following, if any, are not violations of HIPAA?
1. Disclosing details about a child's condition in response to questions asked by a nurse who cared for him/her on prior admissions and during this admission prior to transfer to your patient care setting.
2. Disclosing details about a child's condition in response to questions asked by family or friends calling with the code word selected by the parents and shared at their discretion.
3. Disclosing details about a child's condition in response to questions by a fellow nurse in your care setting who will not be assigned to the care of the child, will not be covering the child's care while his nurses are busy, and is not the charge nurse.
4. All of the above
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1. A patient's information is disclosed on a need-to-care basis. If the nurse is not taking care of the child on the shift, then no information can be shared.
2. Disclosures without patient/family consent to those without a need to know (because they are involved in care directly or as a formal consultant, conducting authorized QI project or research, or are authorized to collect information for insurance/billing purposes) is a violation of HIPAA.
3. A nurse may not disclose any information about the patients other than on a need-to-know basis for caring for the patient directly.
4. One answer is correct.
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