Sharing Patient Substance Use Treatment Records In Hospitals and Large Healthcare Networks

A CoE-PHI resource explaining how healthcare providers may receive and re-disclose SUD treatment records in accordance with 42 CFR Part 2.

Key Points

• Patient confidentiality protections may frequently be misinterpreted to prohibit disclosures that are in fact permitted by Part 2.
• This in turn can result in limited provider access to patient information that is essential to patient care and additional work for patients who need to sign multiple record releases.