Title XIII and Title IV of Division B of Public Law 111-5 “may be cited as the ‘Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act’ or the ‘HITECH Act,’” as provided in Section 13001(a) of Public Law 111-5. As used in this issuance, the term HITECH Act refers to Title XIII, Subtitle D of Public Law 111-5...

Care, services, or supplies related to the health of an individual. Health care includes, but is not limited to, the following: Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care, and counseling, service, assessment, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition, or functional status, of an individual or t...

Specific requirements or instructions for implementing a standard.

To make a communication about a product or service that encourages recipients of the communication to purchase or use the product or service. Marketing includes an arrangement between a DOD covered entity and any other entity whereby the DOD covered entity disclosed PHI to the other entity, in exchange for direct or indirect payment, for the other entity ...

The notice of the MHS’s practices and procedures with respect to safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an individual’s PHI, and the rights of individuals with respect to their PHI as provided for in Paragraph 5.1 of DODM 6025.18.

Established for the purpose of furnishing medical care, dental care, or both to eligible individuals.

The “Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach Notification Rules Under the HITECH Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules,” Volume 78, Federal Register, Jan. 25, 2013.

The choice by a beneficiary (excluding active duty or Reserve Component Service members eligible to receive care) to not permit sharing of his or her health data by MHS with non-MHS eHealth Exchange partners.

Except as prohibited by Paragraph 4.4.j of DODM 6025.18: The activities undertaken by a health plan to obtain premiums or to determine or fulfill its responsibility for coverage and provision of benefits under the health plan; or a health care provider or health plan to obtain or provide reimbursement for the provision of health care. Payment activities r...

For purposes of this definition, the term “record” means any item, collection, or grouping of information that includes PHI and is maintained, collected, used, or disseminated by or for a covered entity. A group of records maintained by or for a covered entity that is: The medical records and billing records about individuals maintained by or ...

Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. 

The Secretary of HHS or any other officer or employee of HHS that has been delegated relevant authority.

In the place of a parent.

A systematic investigation, including research, development, testing, and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.

Information that is a subset of health information, including demographic information collected from an individual, and: Is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, or employer; and Relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to an individual; or the past,...