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Policies

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

  • Minerva is HIPAA-compliant (i.e., Protected Health Information [PHI] data will be allowed to be stored and processed on Minerva).
  • All users are required to read the following HIPAA policy and complete the Minerva HIPAA Agreement Form (Campus network needed or sign in through school VPN if off-campus) annually. 
  • All users and Principal Investigators (PIs) on Minerva are required to complete this HIPAA Compliance Agreement irrespective of individual plans to use PHI on Minerva.   
  • Please read and sign the Minerva HIPAA Agreement Form. For authentication, please use your Mount Sinai ID (not email address) and password (both school-mssm account and hospital-mountsinai.org accounts should work), no VIP token needed.  
  • The HIPAA form with the authentication is configured against ALL Mount Sinai ID including School and Hospital IDs. A Minerva account is not required for signing in.  
  • Any PI on Minerva who has not signed the form will have their projects and accounts locked until the form is signed.
  • Any non-PI user who has not signed the form will have their accounts locked until the form is signed.