1. 1 Preparing for HIPAA Third Meeting for Researchers Mike Hawkins FAHC Director of Risk Management March 25, 2003

2. 2 Protected Health Information (PHI) PHI can be used or disclosed for research purposes under the following circumstances:  Patient Authorization  IRB-approved Waiver of Authorization  De-identified PHI  Review preparatory to research  Research on deceased individuals

3. 3 Definition of Terms  PHI  Research  Generalizable Knowledge  De-identified Information  Limited Data Sets  Data Use Agreement

4. 4 HIPAA Research Website http://med.uvm.edu/hipaa Next Meeting: April 15 in Rowell 103