LII:HIPAA Compliance - LII 007 03. What Data Are Protected & General Privacy Principle

PHI per Privacy Rule

At the center of all of HIPAA and HITECH is a single term and its definition: PHI. PHI is Protected Health Information. This is the information that has been identified by the US government as being private to a patient, and as such is protected by both the Privacy Rule and Security Rule of HIPAA, as well as HITECH (for electronic PHI) so that unauthorized sharing is prevented or at least minimized, and access is controlled, with significant sanctions and measures available to be applied in the even of breaches.

• b. De-Identified HI
• c. Privacy Rule: General Principle – Use/Disclosure