We are not allowed to talk about any patient

Posted: Oct 15, 2014

I am just reading this morning about the nurse who has tested positive for Ebola in Texas after taking care of Eric Duncan. Nurse understood the risks of working so close to one of the world’s most feared viruses and tried to reassure her family that she would be safe. When nurse’s mother learned her daughter was caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, nurse told her: “Mom, no. Don’t worry about me,” family friend said. How would the mother have known had the daughter not told her? Is that not a violation of HIPAA? If someone else told the mother should the daughter stated could not divulge information on a particular patient? ;