She then asks you to call a friend to come stay with her. What information would you give
her friend over the phone?
What will be an ideal response?
Because it is a HIPAA violation to give out patient information other than that she is in the ED, you
would inform the friend that Z.H. is in the ED at your hospital, she is ill, and she requests that the
friend come to the hospital for support.
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