HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library

Overview

HCPro’s HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library™ is fully updated to reflect the new provisions set forth in the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, including:

• Patient medical record access
• Uses and disclosures of protected health information (PHI) that require authorization
• Fundraising and marketing rules
• Definition of breach and the Breach Notification Rule terms
• Fines

HCPro’s HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library includes a course for each of your training audiences. Content is specific to each audience’s role in protecting patient health information. 

Key Features/Benefits:
Features and benefits of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library:

• Testing, remediation, and case studies provide feedback on whether learners are applying policies and regulations correctly.
• “Test Your Knowledge” exercises check learner understanding at every step.
• Second-year “refresher” series are available for ongoing annual refresher education needs.
• Role-specific case scenarios apply regulations to real-life settings and ask learners how a situation should be handled. At the end of each scenario, users learn the appropriate way to react to the given situation.
• Video-based scenarios show the “wrong way” and “right way” to handle a situation, increasing student engagement.
• Design and audio narration offers different ways to navigate through the course so students are guided through interaction, not simple reading.
• A certificate of completion allows you to prove that employees successfully completed training.

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Duration:  7 hours

HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library

Course Objectives

The HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library will enable learners to:

• Describe how the HITECH Act affects covered entities and business associates
• Summarize how to protect patient privacy
• Explain patient rights for accessing, amending, and updating their medical information
• Determine whether disclosures of PHI are acceptable
• Protect confidential health information by following proper security procedures both in the organization and off-site
• Create effective passwords to protect electronic information
• Identify which information is protected by HIPAA
• Prevent identity theft by identifying red flags as required by the Red Flags Rule

HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library

Course List

Courses:

• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Executive, Administrative, and Corporate Staff
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Business Associates
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Nutrition, Environmental Services, and Volunteer Staff
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Coders, Billers, and the HIM Staff
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Nurses and Clinical Staff
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Physicians
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for the Registration and Front Office Staff

HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library

Contributor Bio

Chris Apgar, CISSP, President and CEO

Chris Apgar, CISSP, CEO and president of Apgar & Associates, LLC and former HIPAA Compliance officer for Providence Health Plans, is a nationally recognized expert and educational instructor on information security, privacy, HIPAA, the HITECH Act, state privacy law and electronic health information exchange. 

Chris served for eight years as a member of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) Board of Directors. He is co-chair of the WEDI Regional Affiliates Workgroup and the HIE Workgroup. He is the secretary and member of the Oregon & S.W. Washington Healthcare, Privacy and Security Forum Board of Directors and has been a member for the past thirteen years. On a local level, Chris develops and conducts educational webinars for the Oregon Medical Association (OMA), assisting physicians and other medical professionals with privacy and security and regulatory compliance.

His clients range from small to large health plans, physician groups and hospitals, healthcare clearinghouses, vendors, non-profits, government agencies, and healthcare associations.

What’s new with HIPAA?

Content

• New content addressing “The Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media”!
• Topics include: posting to your organization’s social media sites, personal social media use, and the use of social media by your patients. It also discusses sending PHI via personal email and text messaging.
• Two new Test Your Knowledge questions pertaining to social media
• Updated content language and links
• Test Your Knowledge and quiz questions reviewed and updated, as needed
• “PHI and Fundraising” handout added to the following courses: Executive, Executive Refresher, and Physicians courses only
• Updated Answer Keys available for download

Function

• The updated version of our publishing software provides increased support from previous HIPAA courses, including additional support for various browsers and operating systems. Specific fixes include video playback and HTML 5 output performance. Others include, but are not limited to:
• Added support for Apple iOS 8 & 9
• HTML 5 support for Chrome 44 and later on desktop/laptop
• Adobe flash 16 and greater

HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library

Terms

You will have access to your HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library for 180 days from the purchase/order date.

HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library

Continuing Education

ANCC
HCPro is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This educational activity for 1.5 nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro.

HCPro has confirmed that none of the faculty/presenters, planners, or contributors have any relevant financial relationships to disclose related to the content of this educational activity.

ACCME
HCPro is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

HCPro designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

HCPro has confirmed that none of the faculty/presenters, planners, or contributors have any relevant financial relationships to disclose related to the content of this educational activity.

AHIMA
This program has been approved for 3 Continuing Education Units for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

AAPC 
This program has prior approval of AAPC for 1 Continuing Education Unit. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes AAPC endorsement of the program, content, or the program sponsor.