Table of Contents Introduction What is HIPAA? What is PHI? What is a covered entity? What research activities are covred by HIPAA? Impact on Research Protocols Requirements for Research Use of PHI Research Using or Creating PHI of Living Individuals Consent Obtained Prior to April 14, 2003 Research Under a Participant's Authorization Waiver of Authorization Activities Preparatory to Research Research on Decedents Recruitment De-identified Data Limited Data Sets Studies Exempted from IRB Review Databanks and Repositories International Research Resignations of Investigators or Research Staff Patient's Rights Provisions in Research Studies Privacy and Security Measurers Resources and links Researcher Certification

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Investigation Committee
Yale University
School of Medicine
47 College Street,
Suite 204
New Haven, CT
06520-8010 USA

Phone:
(203) 785-4688

Fax:
(203) 785-2847

HIPAA In Research Contacts and Links

Human Investigation Committees ( School of Medicine)
47 College Street, Suite 204
P.O. Box 208010
New Haven, CT 06520-8010
Phone: (203) 785-4688
Fax: (203) 785-2847
http://info.med.yale.edu/hic

Human Subjects Committee (Faculty of the Arts & Sciences)
155 Whitney Ave., Room 210
New Haven, CT 06520-8337
Phone: (203) 436-3650
Fax: (203) 432-4033
email: human.subjects@yale.edu

http:/www.yale.edu/hsc

Human Subjects Research Review Committee (Yale School of Nursing)
100 Church Street South, Suite 200
P. O. Box 9740
New Haven, CT 06536-0740
Phone: (203) 737-2371
Fax: (203) 737-4480
email: sarah.zaino@yale.edu

Yale University HIPAA Privacy Office
155 Whitney Ave., Room 210
New Haven, CT 06520-8337
Phone: (203) 436-3650
Fax: (203) 432-4033
email: hipaa@yale.edu

Yale University HIPAA Web Site
http://hipaa.yale.edu/

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, (OCR)
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/privacy.html

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/

Researcher Certification for HIPAA Privacy Rule Training Compliance with HIPAA in Research Projects

This guidebook will be regularly updated. Please be sure to check the HIC and HIPAA websites at the URL listed above for the most recent copy.

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