![How HIPAA Allows Doctors to Respond to the Opioid Crisis](https://coephi.colab.coop/app/uploads/2021/05/Resource_27-1080x720-1.jpg)
Guidance issued by OCR explaining how HIPAA allows health care professionals to disclose PHI without a patient's consent in certain emergency situations, such as when a patient is unconscious or to prevent a serious and imminent threat to a patient's health or safety.