What is HIPAA?
The Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a Federal law that protects personal health information. See https://www.uillinois.edu/hipaa.
HIPAA Covered Components and Liaisons
Certain units of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are considered covered components as shown here: https://www.uillinois.edu/hipaa/health_care_components. The persons who are the HIPAA liaisons are listed here: https://www.uillinois.edu/hipaa/hipaa_liaisons.
University Policy on HIPAA
The University of Illinois System Office policy on HIPAA is here: https://www.uillinois.edu/hipaa/hipaa_policy
Research Using HIPAA Data
Research that involves the use of HIPAA data is overseen by the Institutional Review Boards via the Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS). See https://www.uillinois.edu/hipaa/research and https://oprs.research.illinois.edu/glossary/health-insurance-portability-and-accountability-act-hipaa-privacy-rule.
Cyberinfrastructure for HIPAA Data
The University provides a “HIPAA version” of Box to store data; more information is here: https://www.uillinois.edu/hipaa/box.
The University also provides a “HIPAA version” of Zoom to discuss personal health information; see https://www.uillinois.edu/hipaa/zoom.
Contact
For more information, contact: https://www.uillinois.edu/hipaa/contact