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Privacy Rule Compliance

Meaning

Privacy Rule Compliance is the mandatory adherence to the standards and requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which sets national standards for the protection of individually identifiable health information by covered entities and their business associates. This compliance requires establishing administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality of Protected Health Information (PHI) and granting patients specific rights over their health data, including the right to access and amend their records. Strict compliance is the foundation of ethical and legal clinical practice in the United States. It is a continuous operational requirement, not a one-time achievement.