About this course
This course equips healthcare professionals and staff with the essential knowledge and practical skills to protect patient privacy, comply with HIPAA regulations, and respond appropriately to privacy concerns or violations. Learners will explore the definition and purpose of HIPAA, understand what constitutes Protected Health Information (PHI), recognize patient privacy rights, apply best practices for safeguarding PHI, and learn how to respond to and report privacy breaches.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Define HIPAA and explain its purpose in healthcare
- Identify what constitutes Protected Health Information (PHI) and recognize PHI identifiers
- Describe the seven patient privacy rights under HIPAA
- Apply best practices for safeguarding PHI in both electronic and physical formats
- Respond appropriately to privacy concerns and violations
- You'll be able to define HIPAA and explain its purpose in healthcare. Understanding the law's intent is the foundation for compliance
- You'll learn to identify what constitutes Protected Health Information, or PHI, and recognize the specific identifiers that make information protected