The HIPAA Series: Lesson #2, The Privacy Rule

by Amber N. Yoo, M.B.A.

​It’s time for our second HIPAA lesson! ​ The Privacy Rule protects all protected health information (PHI) transmitted in any medium (electronic, paper or oral) by a covered entity or its business associates. In this lesson, we'll cover what I consider the three most important parts of HIPAA’s Privacy Rule: uses and disclosures of PHI, notice, and access.