minimum necessary standard definition
The minimum necessary standard means that people should only access, use or. disclose the health information that is minimally necessary to accomplish a given task or. purpose. For instance, to schedule an appointment, a staff person will need to access. demographic information like name, address, and phone number, but would not need to. look through a patientâs lab results. The documents below describe OHSUâs minimum. necessary standards for disclosures, or releases of health information outside of OHSU.