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| − | Personally identifiable Health Data: refers to any information that can be used, either alone or in combination with other information, to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person.
| + | #REDIRECT [[Identifiable Health Data]] |
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| − | Data are considered “individually identifiable” if they include any of the 18 types of identifiers, listed below:
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| − | *Name
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| − | *Address (all geographic subdivisions smaller than state, including street address, city, county, ZIP code)
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| − | *All elements (except years) of dates related to an individual (including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death and exact age if over 89)
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| − | *Telephone numbers
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| − | *FAX number
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| − | *E-mail address
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| − | *Social Security number
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| − | *Medical record number
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| − | *Health plan beneficiary number
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| − | *Account number
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| − | *Certificate/license number
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| − | *Any vehicle or other device serial number
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| − | *Device identifiers or serial numbers
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| − | *Web URL
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| − | *Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers
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| − | *Finger or voice prints
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| − | *Photographic images
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| − | *Any other characteristic that could uniquely identify the individual
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| − | Source:
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| − | http://hipaa.yale.edu/guidance/index.html#phi
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