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Educational            Overview
Materials
                       The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule is the first
                       comprehensive Federal protection for the privacy of personal health information. Research
Clinical Research
                       organizations and researchers may or may not be covered by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. This website
                                                                                                                                OCR Issues the HITECH
                       provides information on the Privacy Rule for the research community.
Authorizations                                                                                                                  Breach Notification Interim Final
                                                                                                                                Regulation August 24, 2009
Institutional Review
Boards                                                                                                                          OCR Issues a Proposed Rule to
                       HIPAA Resources                                                                                          Modify the HIPAA Privacy,
Privacy Boards                                                                                                                  Security, and Enforcement
                             The Privacy Rule - Final Modification ( PDF/TXT)
                                                                                                                                Rules Under the HITECH Act
Information for
                                                                                                                                July 14, 2010
Patients                     Office for Civil Rights HIPAA Information ( Medical Privacy Home Page )

HIPAA Privacy Rule
Booklet for Research         Office for Civil Rights HIPAA Guidance ( PDF/RTF)

Health Services
Research and the             Office for Civil Rights Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule ( PDF/RTF)
HIPAA Privacy Rule

Research                     Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services HIPAA Information ( Covered Entity Decision Tool)
Repositories,
Databases
                             Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule ( PDF/TXT)




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