The purpose of this policy is to provide practical steps that workforce members can take to achieve the general limitations on the use and disclosure of protected health information (PHI) as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA. 

The following guidelines are in accordance with the final Security Rule and consistent with the HIPAA privacy requirement to safeguard protected health information (PHI).  See 45 CFR § 164.530(c).  Use of these guidelines will improve the security of protected health information, and will also increase workforce awareness of the importance of keeping protected health information private.

Pacific University will use reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect the privacy of protected health information and limit incidental uses or disclosures of protected health information. All members of the Pacific University workforce will follow these guidelines in handling protected health information (PHI) in order to protect the privacy of protected health information and limit incidental uses and disclosures.

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Updated May 2023

Confidentiality Statement for Fax with PHI Template (Updated April 2023)