Identify the hipaa privacy rule concept

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Scenario: Elderly patients are frequently discharged from the hospital to local nursing homes for skilled rehabilitation following orthopedic issues such as hip fractures and many types of surgeries. Staff on the units from which patients have been discharged have routinely copied the entire patient chart to accompany the patient to the nursing home, but the privacy officer informed them that this is a violation.

Questions: Identify the HIPAA Privacy Rule concept that is at issue. Has Community Hospital's privacy officer correctly interpreted the Privacy Rule requirements? Why or why not?

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