title: Working smart. Does the privacy rule allow us to release patient information over the telephone without authorization?
authors.affiliation: jill.burrington-brown@ahima.org
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burrington-Brown
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008497:Medical Record Administrators / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013689:Telephone; D014481:United States