The physician who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old child who was raped did not violate privacy laws, Indiana University Health said Friday. Here's what to know about the case.
Police accounts kept changing on Uvalde. A girl's rape story was called a lie. We reported truth.The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed in 1996 aims to protects the privacy of patient information.
Experts in HIPAA compliance say the law exists to prevent the release of identifiable information. Bernard provided the IndyStar only with the age of the girl and the state of her residence. The question then becomes what the threshold is for identifiable information, said John Howard, director of the HIPAA Privacy Program at the University of Arizona, speaking in general terms about the law and not this specific instance.
"Often the trick here is determining when health information will still be considered identifiable," Howard said in an email."A good rule of thumb is if the information can reasonably be linked back to an individual, and the past, present or future provision of health care to that individual, it is identifiable."
Although the law enumerates different potential identifiers that must be removed, such as name, date of birth and address, there’s a final"catch all" category that includes any unique identifier, he added. This category requires providers to ensure that the information can not be reasonably linked back to the patient.
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