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Inadvertent Disclosures under HIPAA

What is an Inadvertent Disclosure under HIPAA? An inadvertent disclosure is an event where a health professional unintentionally reveals protected health information (PHI) to an unauthorized person by mistake. Generally, if PHI is disclosed to unauthorized personnel, a breach of PHI is presumed to have occurred. Depending on the size of the unauthorized disclosure, HHS […]