HIPAA - Compliant Reports

In compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), printed reports that contain identifiable patient data must be restricted to personnel that the patient gives consent to view the information.  If the data is to be transmitted to personnel who have not been given permission by the patient directly, such as collaborating clinicians / doctors for research studies, the report information must be stripped of directly identifiable personal data.  Spectrum's Standard report contains directly identifiable personal information that is appropriate for diagnosis and billing at the clinic where the tests were performed.  Spectrum's De-identified report has the patient's Name and ID Number removed from the report headers.  The report is then identified by the age and gender of the patient, allowing the test data to be used in research studies.