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Partial Birth Abortion medical records subpoena, continued
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Yeah, there's a write-up in some medical journal of treatment someone I know got, and based on the timing, hospital, age, and severity of what was wrong, I know exactly who they are talking about, and I bet almost anyone in our extended group of acquaintences would say "whoa, that's X!" if they saw it, even now, years later.
Sadly, I don't recall the exact HIPAA privacy requirements, but if you remove the listed identifying information is it automatically considered not individually identifiable? Or is there just a presumption? I can't remember. I'm talking HIPAA the federal law, not state privacy stuff.
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Remove the 18 identifiers in the reg, and you're in the safe harbor. It's no longer protected health information and you can do whatever you want with it. The kicker is that last identifier though, "any other identifying characteristic or code."
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