OCR Guidance on HIPAA (PDF): The HHS Office of Civil Rights drafted this guidance available December 3, 2002 to explain and answer questions about key elements of the requirements of the HIPAA Standard for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (The Privacy Rule).
OCR Guidance on HIPAA - Research (RTF): This document is a subsection of the above document and pertains specifically to how HIPAA applies to research. This document includes a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FAQ section.
ACE - HIPAA Impact On Academic Research (PDF): The American Council on Education published this overview of the key HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements related to clinical research on November 22, 2002.
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