The HIPAA law needs to be revised to which the patient needs to notify the hospital which immediate loved ones can’t be told what is going on. A matter of fact those loved ones should be able to immediately appeal that denial and receive basic information on the patients well being and provide key points as well. It’s absolutely ridiculous that an immediate loved one can’t know the medical information of a loved one unless agreed upon by the suffering!! This information may not only be helpful in their treatment but also a cure!! The denials might be why a patient continues to go back and forth to a hospital until G-D forbid it just too damn late!! Background notification and information is not only pertinent but key to the sick getting better and for the 1 % that abuse this right the 99 % of us suffer.