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Area authorities hamstrung by HIPAA regulations

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Two recent criminal cases have highlighted frustrations of law enforcement officers who say they have trouble getting timely information and details about the release of suspects who are hospitalized.Hospital officials — bound by federal and state privacy regulations — often cannot provide details about a patient's condition or planned release date without a waiver from the patient or a subpoena signed by a judge. It's less clear what hospitals should do with personal information when a patient is a suspect who hasn't been charged or named in an arrest warrant.

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