Key terms
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September 2002
Covered entity
In general, provider, payer, or clearinghouse
Business associate
Third party acting on behalf of covered entity
Use
Utilization of Personal Health Information (PHI) internal to covered
entity
Disclosure
Sharing of PHI external to the covered entity
TPO
Treatment, payment, and health care operations
Consent
Permission to use or disclose PHI for treatment, payment, or health
care operations
Authorization
Permission to use or disclose PHI for a non-consent-related purpose
Minimum necessary
Privacy rule concept-Covered entity policy definition of using
the minimum information necessary for the purpose at hand
Need to know
Security rule concept-Covered entity policy definition of what
information is appropriate for a given staff member or group of
staff -members to use or disclose in line with their assigned
responsibilities
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