$3$:$42$ p$.$m$.$ Laura receives a telephone call from a harried new staff psychiatrist. Dr$.$ Fleming is

calling from her personal office, where she has just seen a patient who was threatening his ex$-$wife

$($Julia Goodwin$)$ with bodily harm. Dr$.$ Fleming believes the threat to be legitimate and wants to

alert the ex$-$wife to the threat but she is concerned that her communication of that information

would be a violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

$9.$ Formulate a response to Dr$.$ Fleming addressing her HIPAA concern and indicate whether or not

Dr$.$ Fleming should contact Ms$.$ Goodwin. Provide relevant supporting legal doctrine for the basis

of your response.