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The HIPAA Privacy Rule protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information. The HIPAA Security Rule, sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information.
Subject Areas:
Healthcare/Patient Records
Examples of Types of Data:
Patient names, street address, city, county, zip code, dates (except year) for dates related to an individual, Social Security Numbers, health conditions and symptoms, prescriptions, account/medical record numbers, health plan beneficiary information, certificate and license numbers, vehicle identification and serial numbers, device identification and serial numbers, biometric identifiers, full-face images, any other unique identifying number, characteristic or code, payment guarantor’s information, telephone and fax numbers, email, URL and IP addresses
Richard Meeks
Director, Privacy Program & Clinical Research Billing Audit
UW Medicine Compliance
http://depts.washington.edu/comply/hipaa.shtml
Website: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/
Authority or Enforcement Commission(s): Office of Civil Rights
*A brief description is provided by the UW Subject Matter Experts to assist the UW community; it is not a legal description or an official description from the external authority, and should not be construed as legal advice.
