Reader Questions:
Contacting Some Prior COVID-19 Patients May Not Violate HIPAA
Published on Tue Jul 14, 2020
Question: My practice has tested a lot of patients for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Now that there’s technology available for people who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate blood and plasma, is it a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to contact these patients and let them know about these opportunities to help [...]