Unlocking our Health Information: An Overview of De-Identification under HIPAA

Review this practice note from Akerman LLP partners Elizabeth F. Hodge and Jordan T. Cohen to understand how healthcare organizations leverage the value of the individually identifiable health data in their possession for various purposes (e.g., to improve patient outcomes, develop new treatments, study disease patterns, and train artificial or augmented intelligence algorithms) through deidentification, which makes the information no longer subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule prohibitions on access and disclosure.

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