Prayer Chains - Confidentiality?

Question: Have you heard of any instances where churches have been accused of breaching confidentiality through their dissemination of information in prayer chains? We disseminate the information electronically to exclusively to prayer chain members but I am wondering to what degree is the church protected by someone submitting their information on a prayer request or praise report card. Does your church "cull" information or filter information from those reports/requests?

Answer: There are two issues (1)HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) and (2)confidentiality.
(1) I have attached a related article. In summary HIPAA does not stop a church from continuing its religious practices of prayer.
(2) We have found from experience that some people are willing to discuss every detail and other people don’t want anyone to know their fully human and capable of getting ill. Therefore related to confidentiality, we have instituted the policy that the individual requesting the prayer must be asked if this is confidential or if it can go on the prayer chain. Additionally, on the prayer chain we attempt to filter the information to include only facts relevant to prayer.