I live on a one-acre "urban farm" about 10 minutes from downtown
Omaha with my two littles and husband, who sells produce at the
local farmer's market and runs a yearly CSA with five members. My
son recently turned 8 and my daughter is 3, and we have a Great
Pyrenees mix named Max, a "barn" cat named Chuck, 5 chickens, and
7 quail. When I do get free time (lol), I love to read and am the
steward for two Little Free Libraries in our front yard.
The main regulation under HIPAA that governs the secure handling
of PHI is the Privacy Rule, which was issued by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services to address the use and disclosure of
individuals' health information. The Privacy Rule also contains
standards that cover an individual's right to control how their health
information is used. Ensuring the flow of health information to
promote high-quality patient care and outcomes while protecting a
patient's privacy is the main goal of the Privacy Rule. It also creates
proper safeguards that healthcare providers must implement to
protect PHI, and it holds violators accountable with criminal and civil
penalties if a patient's privacy is breached.
References
Lutkevich, B., Wallask, S., & DelVecchio, A. (2021, April 5). Protected
health information (PHI) or personal health information. SearchHealthIT.
Retrieved May 5, 2022,
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Office for Civil Rights (OCR). (2021, July 27). Summary of the HIPAA
privacy rule. HHS.Gov. Retrieved May 5, 2022,
from https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-
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