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Policy No.: '''6045'''<br /> | Policy No.: '''6045'''<br /> | ||
Effective Date: '''11/21/03'''<br /> | Effective Date: '''11/21/03'''<br /> | ||
Revised Date: ''' | Revised Date: '''10/28/22 draft'''<br /> | ||
Reviewed Date: ''' '''<br /> | Reviewed Date: ''' '''<br /> | ||
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Includes medical records and billing records about Individuals maintained by or for UNMC/ACE and any other record used by an ACE entity to make decisions about Individuals. Exact duplicates of records maintained by business associates are not considered part of the DRS. | Includes medical records and billing records about Individuals maintained by or for UNMC/ACE and any other record used by an ACE entity to make decisions about Individuals. Exact duplicates of records maintained by business associates are not considered part of the DRS. | ||
===Individual=== | ===Individual=== | ||
The person who is the subject of the PHI. Personal representatives of the patient 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. | The person who is the subject of the PHI. Personal representatives of the patient 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). | ||
===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: | ||
*is created or received by UNMC/ | *is created or received by UNMC/ACE; and | ||
*relates to the 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 the provision of health care to an Individual and identifies the Individual or with respect to which there is a reasonable basis to believe the information can be used to identify the Individual. | *relates to the 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 the provision of health care to an Individual and identifies the Individual or with respect to which there is a reasonable basis to believe the information can be used to identify the Individual. | ||
PHI includes genetic information, which includes information about the following items (and excludes information about an Individual’s sex or age): | PHI includes genetic information, which includes information about the following items (and excludes information about an Individual’s sex or age): | ||
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*employment records held by UNMC in its role as employer. | *employment records held by UNMC in its role as employer. | ||
===Workforce=== | ===Workforce=== | ||
Employees, medical staff, volunteers, trainees and other persons whose conduct, in the performance of work for UNMC, is under the direct control of UNMC, whether or not they are paid by UNMC.<br /> | Employees, medical staff, volunteers, trainees and other persons whose conduct, in the performance of work for Nebraska Medicine/UNMC, is under the direct control of Nebraska Medicine/UNMC, whether or not they are paid by Nebraska Medicine/UNMC.<br /> | ||
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'''''In addition for purposes of this policy.''''' | '''''In addition for purposes of this policy.''''' | ||