The following 18 identifiers of a person or of relatives, employers, or household members of a person must be removed, and the covered entity must not have actual knowledge that the information could be used alone or in combination with other information to identify the individual, for the information to be considered de-identified and not protected health information (PHI):

•  Names
•  All geographic subdivisions smaller than a state, including county, city, street address, precinct, zip code,* and their equivalent geocodes
•  All elements of dates (except year) directly related to an individual; all ages >89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age (except for an aggregate into a single category of age >90)
•  Telephone Numbers
•  Fax Numbers
•  Electronic Mail Addresses
•  Social Security Numbers
•  Medical Record Numbers
•  Health-Plan Beneficiary Numbers
•  Account Numbers
•  Certificate And License Numbers
•  Vehicle Identifiers and Serial Numbers, including license plate numbers
•  Medical Device Identifiers and Serial Numbers
•  Internet Universal Resource Locators (URLs)
•  Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses
•  Biometric identifiers including fingerprints and voice prints
•  Full-face photographic images and any comparable images
•  Any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code, except that covered identities may, under certain digitalCLINIC™ cumstances, assign a code or other means of record identification that allows de-identified information to be re-identified

DE-IDENTIFIED INFORMATION

De-identified data (e.g., aggregate statistical data or data stripped of individual identifiers) require no individual privacy protections and are not covered by the Privacy Rule. De-identifying can be conducted through Statistical De-Identification - a properly qualified statistician using accepted analytic techniques concludes the risk is substantially limited that the information might be used, alone or in combination with other reasonably available information, to identify the subject of the information [45 CFR § 164.514(b)]; or the Safe-Harbor Method - a covered entity or its business associate de-identifies information by removing 18 identifiers and the covered entity does not have actual knowledge that the remaining information can be used alone or in combination with other data to identify the subject [45 CFR § 164.514(b)].

In certain instances, working with de-identified data may have limited value to clinical research and other activities. When that is the case, a limited data set may be useful.

PRIVACY FEATURES

The Evero team has implemented the Privacy Standards in these key areas: Reporting. The digitalCLINIC™ data export solution will incorporate various PHI indicators. The software will be designed to provide PHI restrictions to disclosure prominent in the user interface and reporting elements. Limiting Access. The digitalCLINIC™ data display provides authentication of users and limit access to types of information for each user.

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