Tag Archives: confidentiality and hipaa
Breach of Confidentiality Claims
Therapists and counselors are expected to be keenly aware of their duty of confidentiality, but it is often the case that confidential [...]
Confidentiality – Peer Group Communications
When participating in peer group communications, whether a more formal or structured listserv, or an informal group of mental health [...]
Duty to Warn
Media coverage of the March 2015 tragic airplane crash in the French Alps once again brought to the fore the related issues of a [...]
Confidentiality and Authorization Forms
… One of the public policy principles that the HIPAA regulations were influenced by was the public policy incorporated in one state’s [...]
Pregnancy of a Minor
… Suppose a therapist is treating a fifteen-year old girl who tells the therapist that she is pregnant and is thinking about obtaining [...]
Confidentiality and HIPAA
… How do your state laws interact with HIPAA regulations, primarily the “Privacy Rule?” What efforts are being made in your state to [...]