Difference between revisions of "Personally Identifiable Health Data"
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| − | Personally identifiable Health Data: refers to information that can be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person or | + | Personally identifiable Health Data: refers to any information that can be used, either alone or in combination with other information, to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person. |
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| + | Data are considered “individually identifiable” if they include any of the 18 types of identifiers, listed below: | ||
| + | *Name | ||
| + | *Address (all geographic subdivisions smaller than state, including street address, city, county, ZIP code) | ||
| + | *All elements (except years) of dates related to an individual (including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death and exact age if over 89) | ||
| + | *Telephone numbers | ||
| + | *FAX number | ||
| + | *E-mail address | ||
| + | *Social Security number | ||
| + | *Medical record number | ||
| + | *Health plan beneficiary number | ||
| + | *Account number | ||
| + | *Certificate/license number | ||
| + | *Any vehicle or other device serial number | ||
| + | *Device identifiers or serial numbers | ||
| + | *Web URL | ||
| + | *Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers | ||
| + | *Finger or voice prints | ||
| + | *Photographic images | ||
| + | *Any other characteristic that could uniquely identify the individual | ||
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| + | Source: | ||
| + | http://hipaa.yale.edu/guidance/index.html#phi | ||
Revision as of 15:11, 8 April 2009
Personally identifiable Health Data: refers to any information that can be used, either alone or in combination with other information, to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person.
Data are considered “individually identifiable” if they include any of the 18 types of identifiers, listed below:
- Name
- Address (all geographic subdivisions smaller than state, including street address, city, county, ZIP code)
- All elements (except years) of dates related to an individual (including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death and exact age if over 89)
- Telephone numbers
- FAX number
- E-mail address
- Social Security number
- Medical record number
- Health plan beneficiary number
- Account number
- Certificate/license number
- Any vehicle or other device serial number
- Device identifiers or serial numbers
- Web URL
- Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers
- Finger or voice prints
- Photographic images
- Any other characteristic that could uniquely identify the individual
