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PHI Goes Beyond Patient’s Medical Record

Published on Fri Nov 20, 2020

Question: Is there more to protected health information (PHI) than just a patient’s medical record and is the information actually protected by HIPAA? Illinois 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 [...]
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