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Do the new privacy regulations mean that health-care providers can't release patient information to you for your public-health investigations? No! Read the relevant provisions of the federal statute (pdf) and rule (pdf).

 

• Oregon DHS (Electronic Data Interchange)  HIPAA resource page
• CDC/DHHS HIPAA Privacy rule and public health guidelines (pdf 240K)
• Oregon DHS HIPAA use and disclosure FAQs (pdf 112K)
• Oregon DHS: How HIPAA impacts public health practice (pdf 112K)