Sharon Klein

De-Identifying Protected Health Information: OCR Issues Long-Awaited Guidance

The HIPAA Privacy Rule is intended to protect individually identifiable health information by limiting its use and disclosure. But the Privacy Rule expressly permits the de-identification of that information, and in doing so...more

1/5/2013 - Data Breach Data Protection De-Identification Health Information Technologies HIPAA Life Sciences OCR Personally Identifiable Information PHI