Glossary
Protection of Human Subjects Assurance / Certification / Declaration. An HHS Form 310 is an optional form used by an institution to document the initial and annual re-review of protocols by its Investigational Review Board (IRB).
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. Mandates the use of standards for the electronic exchange of health care data; to specify what medical and administrative code sets should be used within those standards; to require the use of national identification systems for health care patients, providers, payers (or plans), and employers (or sponsors); and to specify the types of measures required to protect the security and privacy of personally identifiable health care information