What Is HIPAA?
HIPAA is
the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act. HIPAA's "Privacy
Rule" regulates the way certain health care groups, organizations,
or businesses, called covered entities under the Rule, handle
the individually identifiable health information known as "protected
health information" or PHI. The definition of PHI is discussed
further below.
Researchers should be aware of the Privacy Rule because it establishes
the conditions under which covered entities (and covered components
of Hybrid Entities) can use or disclose PHI for many purposes,
including for research. Although not all researchers will have
to comply with the Privacy Rule, the manner in which the Rule
protects PHI could affect certain aspects of research.
Questions? Please contact:
David Hann
785-864-7429 | dhann@ku.edu
Coordinator | Human Subjects Committee of
Lawrence (HSCL)
— or —
Mary Denning
785-864-7385 | mdenning@ku.edu
Associate Coordinator |Human Subjects Committee of
Lawrence (HSCL)
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