HIPAA Privacy Rules and Guidelines
For further information, please read the following documents:
The Privacy Rule
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/combinedregtext.pdf
Privacy Rule Research Guidelines
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/guidelines/research.pdf
NIH booklet “Understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule”
http://privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov/pdf/HIPAA_Privacy_Rule_Booklet.pdf
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