What guidance does HIPAA offer to providers considering familial risk notification and cascade genetic testing?
Nora B HenriksonJennifer K WagnerHeather HampelChristopher DeVoreNirupama ShridharJanet L WilliamsKatherine E DonohueIftikhar KulloAnya E R PrincePublished in: Journal of law and the biosciences (2020)
Multiple forms of patient- or provider-mediated contact of relatives are already legally permissible under HIPAA, are consistent with ethical obligations of care to patients and their families, and could result in improved population health through identification of clinically actionable disease risk. Unanswered questions remain about implementation and impacts of provider-mediated programs.