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HIPAA Privacy & Security 1. Consumer Section: Glossary of Terms There are many terms used in HIPAA regulation.  Use this as a reference document -- you don't need to know the entire guide. The following document describes them in detail. " A HIPAA Glossary" This 24-page document is published by WEDI-SNIP (Strategic National Implementation Process, of "Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange").     Documents in PDF format require the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded for free from Adobe Systems, Inc.