HIMSS Word of the Day #230: Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
A privacy impact assessment, or PIA, is a structured method for identifying and assessing privacy risks across the life of a program or system by documenting what personally identifiable information is collected, how it is maintained, protected, and shared. This post explains when federal law and GDPR call for one, how a PIA differs from a HIPAA security risk analysis, what published examples show, and how nurses and informaticists contribute.