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The disclosure of PHI occurs when PHI is communicated to another person or organization that is not part of the covered entity. The sharing of PHI with study sponsors is a disclosure of PHI. When a UC investigator contacts a participant’s non-UC physician to obtain or verify some aspect of a person’s health history then a disclosure of PHI occurs.
