A patient authorizes Hospital A to send a copy of a discharge summary for the latest hospitalization to Hospital B. Hospital B uses the discharge summary in the patient's care and files it in the medical record. When Hospital B receives a request for records, a copy of Hospital A's discharge summary is sent. This is an example of:

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This is an example of redisclosure, which is when a covered entity discloses protected health information to another entity, and that entity then discloses the information to a third party. As long as Hospital B has satisfactory assurance that Hospital A appropriately authorized the initial disclosure and the information was only used for the intended purpose, this is not a privacy violation or inappropriate release.

A Patient Authorizes Hospital a to Send a Copy of a Discharge