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BWH has a legal and ethical obligation to protect the privacy of all patients and to protect the confidentiality of their health information. This week’s tip: Staff must obtain a patient consent form, which gives appropriate authorizations from BWH and from identified patients prior to any release of confidential or proprietary information. BWH also must not disclose confidential or proprietary patient care and/or business information to outsiders (including family or friends) or to other employees of BWH who do not have a legitimate need to know. The patient consent form can be found online at www.bwhpikenotes.org/news/mediapolicy.asp