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HIPAA
HIPAA Rules
Privacy Rule
The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ medical records and other personal health information and applies to health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and those healthcare providers that conduct certain healthcare transactions electronically.
The Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health information, and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without patient authorization.
The Rule also gives patients rights over their health information, including rights to examine and obtain a copy of their health records and to request corrections
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Security Rule
The HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ electronic personal health information that is created, received, used, or maintained by a covered entity.
The Security Rule requires appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic Protected Health Information
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Breach Notification Rule
A breach is, generally, an impermissible use or disclosure under the Privacy Rule that compromises the security or privacy of the Protected Health Information
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Omnibus Rule 2013
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Compound authorizations for research, and authorizing for future research studies
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PHI
HIPAA regulations list eighteen different personal identifiers which, when linked with health information are classed as protected health information
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Biometric identifiers (i.e. retinal scan, fingerprints, Etc.)
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Any unique identifying number, characteristic or code
PHI stands for protected health information and is defined as “any information held by a covered entity which concerns health status, the provision of healthcare, or payment for healthcare that can be linked to an individual”.