PHI Inventory & Classification PrivaGuide
The first step to establishing procedures for how PHI is handled, processed, and stored in your organization is to have a clear idea of the amount of PHI being accessed. The inventory helps your organization know the who, what, and where of Protected Health Information.
PHI Inventory & Classification PrivaGuide Overview
Review What’s the Difference Between Use & Disclosure? To begin please review the section What’s the Difference Between Use…
What Is Considered PHI?
💡 PrivaPlan Guidance: The acronym PHI stands for protected health information (individually identifiable health information that is associated with…
Types of Protected Health Information
This appendix contains a detailed list of the types of information, documents, etc. that might be found in a physician’s…
What’s the Difference Between Use and Disclosure?
Definition of Protected Health Information Under HIPAA "The Privacy Rule protects all "individually identifiable health information" held or transmitted by a covered…
Conducting a Protected Health Information (PHI) Inventory
Overview HIPAA does not require that you conduct a PHI Inventory. However, after 20 years of privacy and security risk assessments,…
Observe & Track PHI With a Walkthrough
Where is the PHI? The following action steps will show you how to produce a comprehensive inventory of uses and disclosures of PHI in…
Establish Administrative Rules for Protecting & Safeguarding Patient Privacy
Action Step: Define Minimum Necessary for your Privacy & Security Policies HIPAA requires that you document Privacy and Security policies…
Disposal of PHI
Overview Protecting patient privacy is also essential when it comes to record disposal and destruction. Improper disposal of medical records…
Other PrivaGuides
Identify and define who will be the Privacy Official and…
