What's included:
1. HIPAA privacy rule for covered entities
The information that a health care provider collects and uses to provide patient care is confidential and often sensitive. Because of the sensitive nature of medical records, patients must trust their health care provider to safeguard their information and use it appropriately. Employees of organizations that are considered 'covered entities' under HIPAA who work with patients and their confidential information on a daily basis are required to follow the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Identify protected health information
- Appropriately use and disclose ePHI
- Implement best practices for safeguarding the information you work with every day
2. HIPAA security rule for business associates
This course provides employees of business associates (as defined by HIPAA) with an overview of the security obligations that apply to their organizations to protect electronically stored and transmitted PHI. Discover the importance of compliance, the different kinds of safeguards that business associates are required to put in place, and the role of individual employees in preventing data breaches.
Employees are trained on:
- Best practices to reduce risks to ePHI
- How to achieve better security when emailing, browsing the web, or remotely accessing ePHI
3. HIPAA security rule for covered entities
This course provides employees of covered entitles with an overview of the security obligations regarding their use of electronic protected health information (ePHI). It also explains the different kinds of safeguards that covered entities are required to put in place and explores best practices for preventing loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of ePHI.
4. HIPAA for non-medical employers
Many organizations have non-medical employees that can still access personal or private health information for their work roles. These organizations are legally obligated to protect this information as described by HIPAA's Privacy Rule. This course helps these employees learn how to identify protected health information (PHI), how to appropriately use, disclose, or request PHI, and the importance of following their employer's internal privacy policies/procedures for handling the PHI.
5. HIPAA privacy essentials
This course gives an overview of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) by outlining main points and identifying who is covered by HIPAA. This course examines the privacy provisions under HIPAA that protect health information (PHI). Help your employees and business associates of covered entities recognize the key provisions of HIPAA, how their organizations are affected by HIPAA, and how the privacy rules impact them.
6. Workplace management: employee laws and regulations
HR practitioners need to understand laws and regulatory standards that impact their organization and employees. Organizational noncompliance may lead to financial penalties and other indirect costs.
In this course, you'll learn about a number of federal laws and standards and their amendments, covering areas of compensation, employment, health and safety, employee relations, and employee protection.
