American HIPPA Protected Health Information (PHI) guidelines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act HIPPA PHI guideline The American HIPPA Protected Health Information (PHI) guidelines cover information, including demographic information, which relates to: - the individual’s past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition, - the provision of health care to the individual, or - the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual, and that identifies the individual or for which there is a reasonable basis to believe can be used to identify the individual. Protected health information includes many common identifiers (e.g., name, address, birth date, Social Security Number) when they can be associated with the health information listed above." public health data standard