What is identifiable information? How can information be deidentified?
The Rule defines three categories of health information: identifiable information (to which the Rule applies), deidentified information (to which the Rule does not apply), and a limited data set (a middle option, to which limited parts of the Rule apply). Each of these is explained below. Identifiable information: The Privacy Rule defines identifiable by defining de-identifiable. But in general, identifiable information includes information with any personal identifiers as well as information about an individual, or his or her relatives or employer, that alone or in combination could identify the individual. For more detail, see the identifiers that must be removed to deidentify information. Deidentified information: The Privacy Rule does not apply to deidentified health information. The Rule provides two methods for deidentifying such information. Method 1: 18 specific elements listed below – relating to the individual, relatives, or employer – must be removed, and you must ascertain
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