BLUF: [Breitbart] Twenty-six percent of the foreign born cases of active TB reported in Minnesota in 2015 were from patients born in Somalia."Cannot disclose due to patient privacy laws," Allina Health’s Kanihan tells Breitbart News, when asked whether either or both of the two Allina Health workers diagnosed with active TB were American born or foreign born.
When reminded that the Minnesota Department of Health annually reports the breakdown between foreign born and American born active TB cases, Kanihan held firm.
"They may disclose some kind of aggregate breakdown, but that’s different from disclosing information about two specific people. Sorry, can’t help you with that one," he tells Breitbart News.
| He's correct. HIPAA laws prevent exactly this. He's following the law. |
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