Fact · Voice privacy and security
The HIPAA regulation's definitions section says protected health information means individually identifiable health information, with some exclusions, such as education records covered by the federal education privacy law.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Protected health information means individually identifiable health information”
45 CFR 160.103 Definitions, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the Code of Federal Regulations), n.d., 45 CFR 160.103, definition of protected health information.
Open the original- What it measures
- 45 CFR 160.103 is the definitions section of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules, and it applies to the Privacy and Security Rules that cover health care providers, health plans and clearinghouses, and their business associates.
- What it does not show
- The definition does not say which data counts as individually identifiable. That is set by the separate identifier rules in the Privacy Rule, and whether a particular dictation app handles PHI depends on the facts of its use.