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== Definitions: == | == Definitions: == | ||
''Transport'' means to physically move PHI (whether on paper, or on mobile digital devices and electronic storage device such as a laptop computer, smartphone, USB/thumb drive or a disk) from one location to another, by any means including by foot, motor vehicle including courier, airplane or other means of transportation. For example: moving a medical record from one clinic to another, from one department to another, from an external research source back to the facility, or from the office to home. | ''Transport'' means to physically move PHI (whether on paper, or on mobile digital devices and electronic storage device such as a laptop computer, smartphone, USB/thumb drive or a disk) from one location to another, by any means including by foot, motor vehicle including courier, airplane or other means of transportation. For example: moving a medical record from one clinic to another, from one department to another, from an external research source back to the facility, or from the office to home. | ||
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''Protected health information'' means information that relates to past, present or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual, the provision of health care to an individual, or the past, present or future payment for health care to an individual, which identifies the individual or as to which there is a reasonable basis to believe could be used to identify the individual. | ''Protected health information'' means information that relates to past, present or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual, the provision of health care to an individual, or the past, present or future payment for health care to an individual, which identifies the individual or as to which there is a reasonable basis to believe could be used to identify the individual. | ||
== Procedures: == | == Procedures: == | ||
# PHI that is being transported within a facility, such as from one department to another, will be attended or supervised at all times, or otherwise secured to avoid unauthorized access, loss and/or tampering. | # PHI that is being transported within a facility, such as from one department to another, will be attended or supervised at all times, or otherwise secured to avoid unauthorized access, loss and/or tampering. | ||