Protected Health Information (PHI)
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
Under HIPAA, any individually identifiable health information that is created, received, maintained, or transmitted by a covered entity or business associate. PHI includes medical records, billing information, and any health-related data linked to an individual.
Terms that appear alongside protected health information (phi)
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as protected health information (phi). The number is how many controls name both.
- hipaa 3 shared controls
- safe harbor 2 shared controls
- de identification 2 shared controls
- confidentiality 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern protected health information (phi)
What the standards actually require on protected health information (phi)
Requirements naming protected health information (phi) across this standard, quoted from the control text.
Protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) handled by Exchanges. Apply NIST 800-122 PII Confidentiality Impact Level determination + minimum necessary standard for use disclosure and request + HIPAA Privacy Rule 45...
MARS-E-Privacy-PII-PHI-Minimum-Necessary-HIPAA-Privacy-Rule-NIST-800-122-45-CFR-164-Subpart-E · MARS-E Privacy + PII + PHI + Minimum Necessary + HIPAA Privacy Rule + NIST 800-122 + 45 CFR 164 Subpart E →Questions people ask about protected health information (phi)
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