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Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information in Accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Dissent

Yesterday, OCR released the guidance on de-identification  of PHI:

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/coveredentities/De-identification/hhs_deid_guidance.pdf

Now I just need to find time to read it…

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