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Board receives HIPAA and HITECH refresher: privacy officer urges caution on PHI handling
Summary
SFHSS privacy officer delivered HIPAA/HITECH training for commissioners emphasizing PHI definitions, penalties for violations, 'minimum necessary' principles and routing member inquiries to member services; presenter said there have been no reportable incidents in the past 3–4 years.
The San Francisco Health Service System provided a HIPAA refresher for commissioners that outlined what counts as protected health information and how commissioners should handle member inquiries.
Ryn Coolidge, the system’s HIPAA privacy and security officer, reviewed the privacy and security rules, explained that PHI includes any health information linked to an identifier, and…
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