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Protected Health Information (PHI)

Sasank Isola, Yasir Al Khalili

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Abstract

According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Protected Health Information (PHI) is any health information that can identify an individual that is in the possession of or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associates that relates to a patient's past, present, or future health. This data includes demographic information. It also includes, but is not limited, to electronic and paper transmission. The term covered entity refers, but is not limited to, health care providers, insurance companies, and hospitals. PHI includes demographic identifiers, in medical records, like names, phone numbers, and emails, as well as biometric information like fingerprints, voiceprints, genetic information, and facial images.

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According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Protected Health Information (PHI) is any health information that can identify an individual that is in the possession of or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associates that relates to a patient's past, present, or future health. This data includes demographic information. It also includes, but is not limited, to electronic and paper transmission. The term covered entity refers, but is not limited to, health care providers, insurance companies, and hospitals. PHI includes demographic identifiers, in medical records, like names, phone numbers, and emails, as well as biometric information like fingerprints, voiceprints, genetic information, and facial images.

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According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Protected Health Information (PHI) is any health information that can identify an individual that is in the possession of or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associates that relates to a patient's past, present, or future health. This data includes demographic information. It also includes, but is not limited, to electronic and paper transmission. The term covered entity refers, but is not limited to, health care providers, insurance companies, and hospitals. PHI includes demographic identifiers, in medical records, like names, phone numbers, and emails, as well as biometric information like fingerprints, voiceprints, genetic information, and facial images.

Key concepts: Protected health information, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Internet privacy, Business, Health care, Phone, Identifier, Confidentiality

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