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It's considered to be part of the auditing procedures required under HIPAA's Security Rule. Release of PHI to a patient or another caregiver, for instance, is (hopefully) a legal disclosure. Part of verifying the propriety of legal disclosures is maintaining a log. Consider it part of due diligence :}

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