If I were to work at a doctors office and go home and tell my husband, mom, dad, etc. about a case but not ever tell them their name or any info other than their case or procedure, is that a violation...
So if you are a nurse in say an optometrist's office and you said "I saw a patient who had eye cancer today" that is a violation because it is relatively identifying however if I said "my patient had...
I think the more vague I am, the better it would be. But if I said to my mom, dad, or friend that I saw someone who had a disease, and how unfortunate it is because of the lack of info surrounding the...