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Can a patient’s name be posted next to their hospital room door?

April 26, 2017door hospital patient posted room

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Can a patient’s name be posted next to their hospital room door?

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Yes, if the use or disclosure is for treatment or for health care operations purposes. The disclosure of such information to other persons (such as other visitors) that will likely also occur due to the posting is an incidental disclosure.