Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech.

In our latest episode, we clear up misconceptions about what it means to de-identify information under HIPAA.

We discuss:

• What de-identifying actually means under HIPAA
• The two methods under which PHI can be de-identified
• The 18 HIPAA identifiers that indicate if information is PHI
• The difference between de-identified and anonymized data
• How to spot red flags from EHR vendors to protect PHI, and what questions to ask
• Opting in or out of AI note services in your EHR

Listen here: https://personcenteredtech.com/group/podcast/

For more, visit our website.

PCT Resources

• Article + 18 Identifier List: De-Identified or Not? The Truth About HIPAA, AI, and Client Data
• PCT's free Group Practice Service Selection Workbook & Worksheets  -- support for selecting HIPAA-secure, effective, and economical services to meet your practice's functionality and operational needs
  • optional accompanying on-demand CE training: Designing a Group Practice’s Tech Setup for Success: Effectiveness, HIPAA Compliance, Client Safety, and Efficiency (1 legal-ethical CE credit hour)
• Group Practice Care Premium
  • weekly (live & recorded) direct support & consultation service, Group Practice Office Hours -- including monthly session with therapist attorney Eric Ström, JD PhD LMHC
  • + assignable staff HIPAA Security Awareness: Bring Your Own Device training + access to Device Security Center with step-by-step device-specific tutorials & registration forms for securing and documenting all personally owned & practice-provided devices (for *all* team members at no per-person cost)
  • +  assignable staff HIPAA Security Awareness: Remote Workspaces training for all team members + access to Remote Workspace Center with step-by-step tutorials & registration forms for securing and documenting Remote Workspaces (for *all* team members at no per-person cost) + more
• HIPAA Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Planning service for mental health group practices -- care for your practice using our supportive, shame-free risk analysis and mitigation planning service. You’ll have your Risk Analysis done within 2 hours, performed by a PCT consultant, using a tool built specifically for mental health group practice, and a mitigation checklist to help you reduce your risks.