School of Medicine

HIPAA Resources

School of Medicine HIPAA Training Material

• WSU-SOM HIPAA Privacy Overview - WSU-SOM HIPAA Privacy Overview

General HIPAA Information

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS ) HIPAA page http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/default.asp

• DHSS (Department of Health and Human Services) Administrative Simplification http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/

• An in-depth HIPAA site sponsored by Phoenix Health Systems. Updates, educational content, regulatory documents, and more. http://www.hipaadvisory.com/

• Guidelines for Academic Medical Centers on Security and Privacy from the American Association of Medical Colleges http://www.aamc.org/members/gir/gasp/

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  • Guidelines for Academic Medical Centers on Security and Privacy

  • Supplement to Guidelines for Academic Medical Centers on Security and Privacy

  • Pocket Policy Trifold




• For HIPAA information from the American Hospital Association http://www.hospitalconnect.com/

• Health Privacy Project: Institute for health care research and policy at Georgetown University http://www.healthprivacy.org/

Privacy

The Department of Health and Human Services Final Privacy Rules were released for publication in the Federal Register on August 14, 2002.

• Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information; Final Rule (08/14/02) http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/privrulepd.pdf

• OCR HIPAA Privacy information page http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

• Frequently Asked Questions about the HIPAA privacy rule from the OCR - http://www.dhhs.gov/ocr/faqs1001.doc

• OCR Guidance Explaining Significant Aspects of the Privacy Rule - December 4, 2002 OCR Privacy Rule Guidance

Research

• Protecting Personal Health Information in Research:  Understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule  http://privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov

• HIPAA Forms required by the Wayne State University Human Investigation Committee http://www.hic.wayne.edu/hipaa.html