Protected Health Information (PHI) is defined as what?

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Protected Health Information (PHI) is defined as what?

PHI refers to health information that can identify an individual and that relates to the person’s health status, the care they have received, or payments for that care. This protection applies to information in any format—paper, electronic, or spoken—and to records held by covered entities and their business associates. It includes demographic details if those details can identify the person. De-identified health information, where identifiers are removed so the person can no longer be identified, is not PHI. The option describing PHI as “individually identifiable health information, including demographic data that relates to the individual and can identify the individual” best captures the definition.

PHI refers to health information that can identify an individual and that relates to the person’s health status, the care they have received, or payments for that care. This protection applies to information in any format—paper, electronic, or spoken—and to records held by covered entities and their business associates. It includes demographic details if those details can identify the person. De-identified health information, where identifiers are removed so the person can no longer be identified, is not PHI. The option describing PHI as “individually identifiable health information, including demographic data that relates to the individual and can identify the individual” best captures the definition.

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