{"id":2427,"date":"2018-04-09T17:20:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T21:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/patientprivacy\/?page_id=2427"},"modified":"2025-03-20T13:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:23:45","slug":"policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/patientprivacy\/policies-and-forms\/policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">** NOTE: If you <span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt\">are unable to access PolicyStat through 大象传媒 Health, please contact <a href=\"mailto:privacy@unchealth.unc.edu\">privacy@unchealth.unc.edu<\/a> and a member of the Privacy team can assist with providing a PDF copy of the policy to you. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Governance: Privacy Policy Applicability Across the 大象传媒 Health and 大象传媒<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/7944532\/latest\/\">大象传媒 Health Covered Entity Explained and OHCA and ACE Designations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5179321\/latest\/\">Designation of 大象传媒 Health Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Security Officer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr  style=\"margin:30px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Protected Health Information (PHI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5179222\/latest\/\">PHI and De-identification of PHI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5179490\/latest\/\">Minimum Necessary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5179626\/latest\/\">Limited Data Sets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr  style=\"margin:30px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Investigations, Sanctions, Breach Reporting and Whistleblower Protections<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5178857\/latest\/\">Investigating and Responding to Privacy Incidents and Complaints<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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Representatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare-uncmc.policystat.com\/policy\/4661950\/latest\/\">Retention of the Designated Record Set, the Legal Health Record, and Financial Records<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare-uncmc.policystat.com\/policy\/4823551\/latest\/\">Designated Record Set<\/a> (大象传媒 MC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5179391\/latest\/\">Patient Right of Access to Inspect and Obtain a Copy of PHI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/7268015\/latest\/\">Physician Access of 大象传媒HCS Medical Records of their Family Members, Friends, and Co-workers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5180361\/latest\/\">Right to Request Amendment to PHI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5179307\/latest\/\">Right to Accounting of Disclosure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5180526\/latest\/\">Right to Request Restrictions on Uses and Disclosures of PHI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5180419\/latest\/\">Right to Confidential Communications<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/14958356\/latest\">Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation for EU Citizens Who are Patients of 大象传媒HCS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5178828\/latest\/\">Copy Requests and Charges for PHI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5419739\/latest\/\">Disposal\/Destruction of PHI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unchealthcare.policystat.com\/policy\/5179343\/latest\/\">Verificiation of Identity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr  style=\"margin:30px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" 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