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Reader Questions:

Look Beyond Patient’s Medical Record for PHI

Published on Fri Dec 11, 2020

Question: Is there more to protected health information (PHI) than just a patient’s medical record? Is this information actually protected by HIPAA? Maine Subscriber Answer: Yes, there is more to PHI than just what’s in a patient’s chart. PHI by definition is protected health information. If a record is completely de-identified in a such a manner that it cannot possibly [...]
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