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Here is some sample content from Right to Request Privacy Protection for Protected Health Information - Confidential Communications Requirements:

	POLICY: Hospital shall provide a patient with protected health information upon request. PROCEDURE: Any requests for protected health information by a patient are to be made in writing. The patient may request that the protected health information be sent to an alternative address if the patient can prove that the healthcare information could cause him/her harm. An alternative address is one that the patient feels is secure and that the information will not be inadvertently placed in someone's possession who could potentially cause the patient harm by having access to the information. ...
Second excerpt:
	...patient provides an alternative address or other method of contact The patient may request that any protected health information be disguised so that family members or other persons cannot determine the contents of the communication. An example of this would be to mail the information in an envelope instead of using a post card. The patient may request that protected health information be provided via an alternative telephone number instead of the home telephone number of record. The...