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2. Protected health information - Wikipedia

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   Protected health information (PHI) under U.S. law is any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that is created or collected by a Covered Entity (or a Business Associate of a Covered Entity), and can be linked to a specific individual.

3. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Wikipedia

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   The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA or the Kennedy – Kassebaum Act [1] [2]) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21, 1996. [3] It aimed to alter the transfer of healthcare information, stipulated the guidelines ...

4. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical ...

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   It extends the current accounting for disclosure requirements to information that is used to carry out treatment, payment and health care operations when an organization is using an electronic health record (EHR). This new requirement also limits the timeframe for the accounting to three years instead of six as it currently stands.

5. Personal Medical Information: How Safe? - Healthline

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   HIPAA laws require healthcare providers to protect medical information, and they mandate how patient information can be stored, shared, and sent to other people.

6. US health department opens probe into UnitedHealth hack - AOL

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   Under HIPAA, healthcare clearinghouses, plans and providers must report breaches to individual patients within 60 days of discovery, according to Shannon Britton Hartsfield, a healthcare privacy ...

7. Can Businesses Really Ask You to Show Proof of Vaccination?

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   HIPAA, generally, applies to healthcare plans and healthcare providers, not grocery or other stores. Asking someone to show proof of vaccination constitutes neither “protected health information ...

8. Medical privacy - Wikipedia

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   Medical privacy, or health privacy, is the practice of maintaining the security and confidentiality of patient records. It involves both the conversational discretion of health care providers and the security of medical records. The terms can also refer to the physical privacy of patients from other patients and providers while in a medical ...

9. Information privacy law - Wikipedia

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   Information privacy, data privacy or data protection laws provide a legal framework on how to obtain, use and store data of natural persons. The various laws around the world describe the rights of natural persons to control who is using its data. This includes usually the right to get details on which data is stored, for what purpose and to ...