What is hipaa and how it its related to patient privacy?

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "the stress model suggests that people with a predisposition for a disorder are more likely to develop the disorder when faced with stress."

The patient had a wire localization performed by radiology and was taken to the operating room. under local anesthesia of the left breast was prepped and draped in a sterile manner. a breast line incision was made through the entry point of the wire, and a core of tissue surrounding the wire approximately 1x2cm was removed

Investigator a has biological specimens that are coded and linked to identifiers of the source individuals. investigator a provides the specimens to investigator b but does not provide the individual identifiers. investigator b agrees not to re-identify the source individuals. is investigator b's research using the biospecimens human subjects research according to the definition of human subjects research in the federal regulations?