Families and healthcare professionals often have questions about what information can be shared when a client needs emergency medical care, or when the client is in crisis, incapacitated, or poses a serious and imminent threat of harm to themselves or others. The resources in this section are meant to clarify what information can be shared, and with whom, during an emergency situation or when an imminent threat of harm exists.
Featured resources
CoE-PHI resource to summarize recent OCR guidance about sharing information with family members after an overdose.
Guidance issued by HHS explaining when a health care provider has a duty to notify family or law enforcement authorities if a provider believes that a patient may hurt themselves or others.