MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION IN CALICUT

  PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION  (PHI) PH I stands for  Protected Health Information . The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information.   PHI is  health information in any form , including physical records, electronic records, or spoken information. Therefore, PHI includes health records, health histories, lab test results, and medical bills. Essentially, all health information is considered PHI when it includes individual identifiers.  EXAMPLES OF PHI Patient names Addresses — In particular, anything more specific than state, including street address, city, county, precinct, and in most cases zip code, and their equivalent geocodes. Dates — Including birth, discharge, admittance, and death dates. Telephone and fax numbers Email addresses Social Security numbers Driver’s License information Medical record numbers Account numbers...