In certain circumstances, we may disclose your health information to a business associate (e.g. transcription company or accountant) so it can perform a service on behalf of PeaceHealth. We will have a written contract in place with the business associate requiring it to protect the privacy of the medical information.</p> <p><strong>Workmen’s Compensation:</strong> We may disclose your health information for workers’ compensation or similar programs, to the extent authorized by law.</p> <p><strong>Work with a medical examiner or funeral director</strong><strong>:</strong> We may disclose health information to a coroner or medical examiner as necessary or required to identify a deceased person or determine the cause of death. We may also disclose your health information to funeral directors so they can perform their duties.</p> <p><strong>National security, intelligence agencies, protective services, and military personnel</strong><strong>:</strong> We may disclose your health information to authorized federal officials for intelligence, counterintelligence, special investigations, and other national security activities authorized by law or to protect the President or other authorized persons.</p> <p><strong>Inmates</strong><strong>:</strong> We may disclose health information about an individual who is an inmate or is in custody of correctional institution or law enforcement official.</p> <p><strong>