We take your privacy and confidentiality seriously
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that protects every person's medical information. All technology and software used in this study is compliant with HIPAA.
We take your privacy and confidentiality very seriously in this study. Every participant will be assigned a unique study ID number, which is not the same as a hospital record number or social security number. All information that you share with the study will be stored in a secure database or password-protected computer files. Any biological specimens that we collect from you would also be assigned a unique code. Any material that we share with other researchers will be supplied with the code numbers only, and without your name, hospital record number, or social security number. Only authorized study personnel will have access to these files.
Any printed copies of your information or study data will be kept in locked file cabinets that only study staff can access.
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