MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION IN CALICUT
PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION
(PHI)
PHI 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
- Health plan beneficiary numbers
- Certification/license numbers
- Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers
- Device identifiers and serial numbers
- Names of relatives
- Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers
- Biometric identifiers — including finger and voice prints.
- Full face photographic images and any comparable images.
PHI STORAGE
- Physical storage
- Electronics records
- Wearable technology
- Mobile applications
Throughout history, the ratio for length to width of rectangles of 1.61803 39887 49894 84820 has been considered the most pleasing to the eye. This ratio was named the golden ratio by the Greeks. In the world of mathematics, the numeric value is called "phi", named for the Greek sculptor Phidias. Called the golden ratio, this theory states there's a recurring proportion of arrangement that lends certain things their beauty. Represented as an equation: a/b = (a+b)/a, the golden ratio is all around us—conical sea shells, human faces, flower petals, buildings—we just don't always know we're looking at it. PHI is important to individuals and valuable to hackers which makes it vital for organizations to protect. HIPAA lays out all the requirements and safeguards that should be put in place so that each person's identifiable health information is kept secure from cyber criminals.
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