True or false?

Question

A patient says to a student"My roommate was transferred to the intensive care unit yesterday. Do you know how he is doing?" The student replies, I can't say. All patient information is confidential. But if I were you, I would check the obituaries (death notices) in the newspaper." This action is a violation of HIPAA policy

Answer 1

True. The student's response is a violation of HIPAA policy because it discloses potentially sensitive information about a specific patient, even if it suggests checking death notices.