Reference:USA 45 CFR Part 160 09-Apr-2025 -
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| Reference | USA 45 CFR Part 160 09-Apr-2025 |
| Validity area | USA |
| Scope(s) | G |
| Document name | 45 CFR Part 160 |
| Version / Revision | 09-Apr-2025 |
| Status | Current |
| Document type | Legal act |
| Language(s) | EN |
| Description | Title 45—Public Welfare
Subtitle A—Department of Health and Human Services Subchapter C—Administrative Data Standards and Related Requirements Part 164 Security and Privacy https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45 |
| Official source | Official link |
| Restricted access | No |
| Submitted by | Florian Adragna |
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| Scope | G |
| Document part | - |
| Language | EN |
| Original entry by | Florian Adragna |
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| Comment | HIPAA definitions: access and protected health information |
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§ 164.304 Definitions. […] Access means the ability or the means necessary to read, write, modify, or communicate data/information or otherwise use any system resource. […] Encryption means the use of an algorithmic process to transform data into a form in which there is a low probability of assigning meaning without use of a confidential process or key. [...] Information system means an interconnected set of information resources under the same direct management control that shares common functionality. A system normally includes hardware, software, information, data, applications, communications, and people. [...] Password means confidential authentication information composed of a string of characters.
Physical safeguards are physical measures, policies, and procedures to protect a covered entity's or business associate's electronic information systems and related buildings and equipment, from natural and environmental hazards, and unauthorized intrusion.
Security or Security measures encompass all of the administrative, physical, and technical safeguards in an information system. [...] Technical safeguards means the technology and the policy and procedures for its use that protect electronic protected health information and control access to it.
User means a person or entity with authorized access.
Workstation means an electronic computing device, for example, a laptop or desktop computer, or any other device that performs similar functions, and electronic media stored in its immediate environment.
