Case Study: Limiting Use & Disclosure of PHI You are the customer service representative in a clinical laboratory. You get a call from a nurse at one of your outreach clinic offices requesting that you fax test results on a patient. The physician is currently seeing the patient and needs the test results immediately. True or false: Under the HIPAA Privacy Regulations, you can comply with this

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Case Study: Limiting Use & Disclosure of PHI

You are the customer service representative in a clinical laboratory. You get a call from a nurse at one of your outreach clinic offices requesting that you fax test results on a patient. The physician is currently seeing the patient and needs the test results immediately.

True or false: Under the HIPAA Privacy Regulations, you can comply with this request, without getting written authorization from the patient.

Select true or false