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About Privacy and Confidentiality for Non-HIPAA Covered Entities
You work for a company that provides services to many people. You may need to discuss personal information about the people you serve, but this must be done thoughtfully. Everyone’s personal information must be kept safe.
Explain how to protect confidential information.
Recall what to do when confidential information is shared without consent.
HIPAA: Privacy Rule
All healthcare organizations must follow a specific HIPAA rule, known as the Privacy Rule. This rule limits the use and disclosure of protected health information, known as PHI. The Privacy Rule also grants people the right to view and correct their medical records, receive copies, or request that copies are sent. The goal of this course is to provide all staff with knowledge of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Recognize common violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Identify ways to prevent violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Essentials of HIPAA
This course, which was designed to comply with HIPAA law, will help you protect the privacy of the people you provide care for. Allowing unauthorized individuals to see a person’s personal health information can have severe consequences for you and your organization, even if it happens by accident.
The goal of this course is to provide post-acute care staff with basic information about the principles of confidentiality, privacy, and security.
Explain why HIPAA exists.
Identify at least three things in the medical record that can be used to identify an individual.
Describe at least three best practices to prevent HIPAA violations.
HIPAA: Basics
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly called HIPAA, protects the confidentiality and security of healthcare information. HIPAA creates and protects individual privacy rights for protected health information and governs the use and disclosure of that information.
The goal of this course is to provide all staff with an overview of the principles of HIPAA.
The content of this course is sourced from 45 CFR Parts 160,162, and 164 (2020) or HIPAA-related resources from the Health and Human Services (HHS) unless otherwise noted.
Define the purpose of HIPAA.
Recognize when a HIPAA violation has occurred.
Identify three steps you can take to avoid a HIPAA violation.
Achieving Excellence with High-Performing Teams
eams with talented people and a skilled leader are often unable to maintain optimum results over a long period of time. Team leaders must continually assess, evaluate, and monitor the team’s motivation level toward achieving its goals. They must also facilitate emotional buy-in and commitment. This course provides healthcare staff with an overview of how to motivate and enhance a team.
Explain the difference between a team and a group.
Apply motivational approaches to facilitate an effective team environment and engaged workforce.
Recognize the importance of assessing and evaluating the current state of your team.
HIPAA: Do's and Don'ts of Social Media and Electronic Communication
Social media and other forms of electronic communication allow people to instantly share pictures and messages with anyone, anywhere. But as the opportunities to share information online have increased, so have the challenges for keeping information private.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, was designed to protect individuals’ rights and their personal healthcare information. HIPAA applies to both the storage and transfer of electronic protected health information, so these electronic communications must be handled carefully.
Describe at least three ways to avoid HIPAA violations when using electronic communication.
HIPAA: Security Rule
The use of technology has bloomed in the healthcare industry. While technology’s use has improved the delivery and continuity of care, it increases the chance that an unauthorized person will be able to access individuals’ protected health information, or PHI. Therefore, to protect electronic PHI, your organization is required to follow a specific HIPAA rule, known as the Security Rule.
The goal of this course is to describe the Security Rule and ways you can prevent breaches.
Describe the HIPAA Security Rule.
Identify at least three ways to prevent breaches of the HIPAA Security Rule.
The Role of Risk Management: A Quality Perspective
The role of risk management has a significant impact on the quality outcomes of acute care organizations. It includes systems and validated processes aimed at assessing and developing interventions to mitigate risk factors and optimize quality outcomes. HCPs are stakeholders in the risk management process and can benefit from understanding risk management strategies and objectives. In this course, you will learn about risk management in the acute care setting.
The goal of this course is to provide healthcare professionals in acute care settings with information to enhance their understanding of the role they play in risk management along with proven strategies for ensuring quality outcomes in their professional practice in acute care settings.
Identify the importance of risk management, the processes, and tools used in risk management in the acute care setting.
Identify at least two concrete strategies for enhancing quality outcomes.
Quality Series: Safety First - Culture and Patient Impact
A ‘culture of safety’ is an often-heard term in clinical settings. Most patients require complex care, with many interprofessional teams working together. Large patient volumes, an expectation for rapid delivery of care, the consumer’s ability to choose providers, and government reimbursements all drive acute care facilities to invest in preventing or reducing errors. Improving safety is beneficial to the patient primarily, with less risk of injury or death, but also to the facility and staff, improving retention and job satisfaction, with the added benefit of extensive cost-savings.
Describe the identifying factors and benefits to a culture of safety.
Discuss organizations responsible for driving patient safety changes on a national level.
Evaluate barriers to patient safety, and how these can be reduced or eliminated.
HIPAA and Confidentiality for Licensed Professionals
The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was implemented in 1996 and has evolved significantly. While HIPAA regulations have many varying components, the part of HIPAA most relevant to healthcare professionals, however, centers around the protection of an individual’s healthcare information. Because you play a key role in the production of healthcare information, you play a key role in its protection.
The goal of this course is to provide licensed professionals with an understanding of HIPAA, privacy, and security.
Describe the intent of HIPAA. Apply professional practices that protect privacy. Recognize practices that protect the security of electronic protected health information.
Emergency Department: HIPAA and CFR42
In an emergency department, information often flows amongst providers and patients quickly because of urgent, sometimes life-threatening, situations. Due to the volume of information being shared, as well as the need for it to be shared quickly and accurately, emergency department providers must be especially careful to safeguard patient information.
The goal of this course is to update nursing professionals in the acute care setting with basic information about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and 42 CFR Part 2.
Identify information sharing standards under HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2.
Define the concept of consent, when you must obtain it to share or receive information, and the types of information that may not be available to you.