HIPAA and HITRUST Glossary

Plain-language definitions for teams navigating healthcare compliance.

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34 terms in Uses and Disclosures

A

Authorization for Disclosure

B

Business Associate Disclosures

Business Associate Functions

Business Associate Responsibilities

C

Compound Authorization

Conduit Exception

D

Data Aggregation Services

Data Return or Destruction

Disclosures to Family and Friends

Downstream Business Associate

E

Emergency Disclosures

F

Facility Directory

Flow-Down Provisions

Fundraising Communications

H

Health Oversight Activities

I

Incidental Disclosure

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Waiver

J

Judicial and Administrative Proceedings

L

Law Enforcement Disclosures

M

Minimum Necessary Standard

N

Notice of Privacy Practices

O

Opportunity to Agree or Object

P

Permitted Uses and Disclosures

Public Interest Disclosures

R

Required by Law Disclosures

Research Disclosures

S

Satisfactory Assurances

T

Treatment, Payment, and Health Care Operations

U

Uses and Disclosures

W

Whistleblower Disclosures

Workers' Compensation Disclosures