If you call inquiring to be connected to a persons room they will do that, but only for medical patients. A hospital will not confirm psychiatric patients. When you are admitted there is a code given for your selected family/significant other to use to get any info, to talk to staff about your health status.
Can you call a hospital to see if someone is there?
Originally Answered: Can you call a hospital and ask if someone is there? Yes, unless the person has requested that no information be given out at all. Otherwise, legally the hospital is allowed to say that someone is a patient but that's all.
Can a hospital disclose if a patient is there?
Under the HIPAA medical privacy rule, a hospital is permitted to release only directory information (i.e., the patient's one-word condition and location) to individuals who inquire about the patient by name unless the patient has requested that information be withheld.