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Policy No.: '''6058'''<br /> | Policy No.: '''6058'''<br /> | ||
Effective Date: '''03/17/03''' <br /> | Effective Date: '''03/17/03''' <br /> | ||
Revised Date: ''' | Revised Date: '''10/28/22'''<br /> | ||
Reviewed Date:''' '''<br /> | Reviewed Date:''' 04/22/24'''<br /> | ||
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== Definitions == | == Definitions == | ||
===Individual=== | ===Individual=== | ||
The person who is the subject of the | The person who is the subject of the PHI. Personal representatives of the Individual have the same rights as the Individual under HIPAA (i.e., they “step into the shoes” of the Individual). Personal representatives include the legal guardian and anyone else authorized by law to act on behalf of the Individual. (See Nebraska Medicine Consents and Permits policy, MS14.) | ||
===Notice of Privacy Practices (Notice)=== | ===Notice of Privacy Practices (Notice)=== | ||
A plain language notice of the uses and disclosures that UNMC may make of the Individual’s PHI, and the Individual’s rights and UNMC’s legal duties with respect to such PHI. | A plain language notice of the uses and disclosures that UNMC may make of the Individual’s PHI, and the Individual’s rights and UNMC’s legal duties with respect to such PHI. | ||
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An arrangement among UNMC and members of the medical staff to follow certain common information practices with respect to clinical encounters at UNMC. The OHCA does not encompass the private office practice of participating practitioners or their information practices from other care settings. | An arrangement among UNMC and members of the medical staff to follow certain common information practices with respect to clinical encounters at UNMC. The OHCA does not encompass the private office practice of participating practitioners or their information practices from other care settings. | ||
===Personal Representative === | ===Personal Representative === | ||
A person who, under HIPAA or State law, is empowered to act or exercise rights on behalf of an Individual. ( | A person who, under HIPAA or State law, is empowered to act or exercise rights on behalf of an Individual. (See Nebraska Medicine Consents and Permits policy, MS14.) | ||
===Protected Health Information (PHI)=== | ===Protected Health Information (PHI)=== | ||
Individually identifiable health information including demographic information, collected from an Individual, whether oral or recorded in any medium, that: | Individually identifiable health information including demographic information, collected from an Individual, whether oral or recorded in any medium, that: | ||
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*an Individual’s genetic tests; | *an Individual’s genetic tests; | ||
*the genetic tests of an Individual’s family members; or | *the genetic tests of an Individual’s family members; or | ||
*the manifestation of a disease or disorder in such Individual’s family members (i.e., family medical history) | *the manifestation of a disease or disorder in such Individual’s family members (i.e., family medical history). | ||
PHI excludes: | PHI excludes: | ||
*individually identifiable health information of a person who has been deceased for more than fifty (50) years. | *individually identifiable health information of a person who has been deceased for more than fifty (50) years. | ||
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