HIPAA Hypos and Privacy Paradigms

John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP One of the moderately entertaining aspects of law school was answering hypotheticals (“hypos”) in class. They would go something like this: “Mr. Shufeldt, suppose that an off-duty police officer witnesses what she believes is an aggravated assault. Without identifying herself as a police officer, she disarms the assailant and, while doing so, the gun discharges and the bullet strikes and kills a bystander, who happens to be an emancipated …

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