If anyone wants to argue or discuss hypotheticals, how about this: "Patient X's head was caught in a drop forge, and now they need to get four CAT scans a day.

If anyone wants to argue or discuss hypotheticals, how about this: "Patient X's head was caught in a drop forge, and now they need to get four CAT scans a day." How does HIPAA apply to this statement, how would you anonymize it, and how effective would those measures be against de-anonymization given the obvious rarity of the situation? Or is something like this simply never to be discussed?