##  [Confidentiality Breach](/confidentiality-breach) 

  ##  [Confidentiality Breach](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/confidentiality-breach-0) 

  

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**Health & Life Sciences Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

An event in which protected patient health information is accessed, disclosed, or exposed to a person or system without legal, professional, or patient-authorized permission, or when required safeguards are circumvented, resulting in loss of the information’s intended privacy protections.