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The Privacy Rule

• The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy Rule) establish a set of national standards for the protection of certain health information.

• The Privacy Rule assures that an individual's health information is protected by limiting the ways that covered entities (health plans, health care providers and health care clearinghouses) can use a patient's medical information.

• These new standards also provide patients with access to their medical records and more control over how their personal health information is used and disclosed.

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Related links:

          HHS Privacy Rule Fact Sheet
          The HIPAA Privacy Rule
          UNM HSC HIPAA Resource Page
          Private Health Information - Protected by Federal Law

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