Everyone is born with rights, one of those rights is privacy. Privacy can be defined as concealing personal information. In some cases, it is of concealing health information of patient and/or residents of medical facilities. HIPAA or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protects our right to privacy. PHI to be exact, or protected health information. PHI is secured under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. HIPPA helps ensure the protection of documents that could be identifiable to the individual by medical records paper, or electronic copies. So that HIPAA can protect PHI of individuals, a consent form must be signed by that said individual or their parent/guardian. That consent allows the medical professionals to keep and obtain
