Assignment: Releasing Protected Health Information 

· Resource: Ch. 8 of Essentials of Health Information Management: Principles and Practices 

· Summarize when covered entities may release protected health information only with a patient's consent and when they may release it without consent, for each category: 

o Government agencies 

o Legal agencies or representatives 

o Research Groups 

· Discuss the principles that permit disclosure of protected health information without a patient's consent, and state whether or not you feel privacy safeguards are adequate to support those principles. 

· Include at least two outside references. 

· Use APA formatting guidelines. 

· Post your paper of 750 to 1,050 words