HHS OCR guidance on de-identification (2012): whose names must go (HHS OCR, Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of PHI, 26 November 2012, section 3.8)
Safe Harbor does not itself require removing clinicians' or staff names, though other law and a buyer's terms may.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
In the source's own words
“Only names of the individuals associated with the corresponding health information (i.e., the subjects of the records) and of their relatives, employers, and household members must be suppressed.”
Where it was read
Also read from the same source
- HHS OCR guidance on de-identification (2012): who is an expert (HHS OCR, Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of PHI, 26 November 2012, section 2.2)
- HHS OCR guidance on de-identification (2012): how an expert works (HHS OCR, Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of PHI, 26 November 2012, section 2.6)
- HHS OCR guidance on de-identification (2012): no fixed numerical risk level (HHS OCR, Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of PHI, 26 November 2012, section 2.3)
- HHS OCR guidance on de-identification (2012): methods and results documented (HHS OCR, Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of PHI, 26 November 2012, section 2.6)
- HHS OCR guidance on de-identification (2012): time-limited determinations (HHS OCR, Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of PHI, 26 November 2012, section 2.4)
- HHS OCR guidance on de-identification (2012): what actual knowledge means (HHS OCR, Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of PHI, 26 November 2012, section 3.6)
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