Under HIPAA, a healthcare organization may share patient information for these purposes:
Ensuring the security of patient information relies on you. Unauthorized disclosures of protected information can occur if:
Sexual Abuse
Neglect
Emotional Abuse
Financial Abuse
Physical Abuse
Abandonment
Signs of elder abuse or domestic violence may be observed. The most sensible approach would be to follow the guidelines that have been developed by an employer or in the workplace. If required to ask a client about abuse, it should be done in a way that is non- confrontational, non-judgmental, and supportive.
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