Welcome to the Yale University HIPAA Site

At Yale University, we are committed to providing quality health care which includes respecting patients' rights to maintain the privacy of their health information and ensuring appropriate security of all protected health information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) necessitated updating and standardizing our privacy and security practices to comply with the federal regulations. The HIPAA Privacy rule came into effect in April 2003 and the Security rule came into effect in April 2005. This Web site provides information and guidance on the policies and procedures related to HIPAA Implementation at Yale University.

Separate HIPAA 'Privacy' and 'Security' online training courses are available.