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Policy No.: '''6304'''<br />
Policy No.: '''6304'''<br />
Effective Date: '''Draft 09/29/22'''<br />
Effective Date: '''Draft 10/28/22'''<br />
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==Definitions==
==Definitions==
===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. (See Nebraska Medicine Consents and Permits policy, MS14.)
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.)
===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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