Telephone numbers are among the identifiers that must be removed to de-identify health information under the HIPAA safe-harbor method.

Checked 2026-10-01

Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
de-identification
Deployment
multi-tenant, on-premises, hybrid
Region
us
Release range
current as of 2026-10-01
Checked
2026-10-01

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 1). HIPAA for contact centers and UC: source note hipaa-contact-center-safe-harbor-phone-numbers. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/hipaa-contact-center-safe-harbor-phone-numbers

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-hipaa-contact-center-safe-harbor-phone-numbers,
  title  = {HIPAA for contact centers and UC: source note hipaa-contact-center-safe-harbor-phone-numbers},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/hipaa-contact-center-safe-harbor-phone-numbers},
  note   = {Source note hipaa-contact-center-safe-harbor-phone-numbers, checked 2026-10-01}
}

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