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When two police officers arrived at a hospital emergency department asking to be informed if the facility had treated an elderly woman reported missing by her family, hospital staff contacted their outside legal counsel for advice because of wariness about HIPAA privacy regulations. And it’s good they did.

HIPAA Regulatory Alert: HIPAA affects ability to help law enforcement