OCR guidance explaining when HIPAA permits health and mental health providers to make decisions about communicating with a patient's family and friends based on their professional judgment about what is best for the patient.
Guidance issued by HHS explaining when a health care provider has a duty to notify family or law enforcement authorities if a provider believes that a patient may hurt themselves or others.
Guidance issued by OCR explaining how health care providers have broad abilities to share PHI of patients experiencing crisis situations, such as an opioid overdose, with family members without violating HIPAA privacy regulations.