• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA): Privacy Officer Job Description
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office for Civil Rights
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office for Civil Rights: Final Privacy Rule
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office for Human Research Protections
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Research

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA): Privacy Officer Job Description<
www.ahima.org/infocenter/PrivacyOfficer2001.htm

Sample (Chief) Privacy Officer job description from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office for Civil Rights
www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights—Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Medical Privacy—National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office for Civil Rights: Final Privacy Rule
www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/finalreg.html

The most up-to-date changes in the privacy rule.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office for Human Research Protections
www.hhs.gov/ohrp

The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) provides leadership and oversight on all matters related to the protection of human subjects participating in research conducted or supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). OHRP helps ensure that such research is carried out in accordance with the highest ethical standards and in an environment where all who are involved in the conduct or oversight of human subjects research understand their primary responsibility for protecting the rights, welfare, and well-being of subjects.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
www.aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/

The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) advises the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on policy development in health, disability, human services, and science, and provides advice and analysis on economic policy. ASPE leads special initiatives, coordinates the Department's evaluation, research and demonstration activities, and manages cross-Department planning activities such as strategic planning, legislative planning and review of regulations. Integral to this role, ASPE conducts research and evaluation studies, develops policy analyses and estimates the cost and benefits of policy alternatives under consideration by the Department or Congress. This ASPE site contains up-to-date information related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Research
http://privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov

This Web site has been developed to provide the research community with information about the HIPAA Privacy Rule and how it might affect research. Protecting Personal Health Information in Research: Understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule, a booklet discussing how provisions of the Privacy Rule may affect research, is available at this Web site. USDHHS has developed sample language that covered entities may wish to consider when developing an authorization for use and disclosure of protected health information for research. Additional companion pieces to the booklet that will address the possible affects of the Privacy Rule on specific types of research activities are under development and will be available through this Web site.