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Does the Privacy Rule require hospitals and doctors offices to be retrofitted, to provide private rooms and soundproof walls to avoid any possibility that a conversation is overheard?

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Does the Privacy Rule require hospitals and doctors offices to be retrofitted, to provide private rooms and soundproof walls to avoid any possibility that a conversation is overheard?

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No. The Privacy Rule does not require structural changes be made such as creating private rooms, soundproofing rooms, or the encryption of telephone systems or wireless or other emergency medical radio communications that can be intercepted by scanners.

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