HIPPA: Security and Privacy Fundamentals

Introduction
Module 1: Introduction to HIPAA
1.1 Introduction to HIPAA
5 Topics
1.1.1 HIPAA’s Role in Healthcare
1.1.2 History of HIPAA
1.1.3 Important HIPAA Terminology
1.1.4 HIPAA Violations
1.1.5 HIPAA Privacy Rule
1.2 When Is Patient Consent Not Necessary for Disclosure?
1 Quiz
1.2.1 Module 1: Test
Module 2: Fundamentals of PHI
2.1 What Is PHI?
1 Topic
2.1.1 PHI Identifiers
2.2 HIPPA Guidelines
3 Topics
2.2.1 For Recordings
2.2.2 For Telephone Communication
2.2.3 For Email Communication
2.3 PHI Rights of Individuals
2.4 Computer Workstation Guidelines to Protect PHI
2.5 How to Dispose of PHI?
1 Quiz
2.5.1 Module 2: Test
Module 3: The Privacy Rule – Uses, Disclosures, and Compliance
3.1 The HIPAA Privacy Rule
3.2 HIPAA Compliance
3.3 Who Is Covered by the Privacy Rule?
3.4 Statutory and Regulatory Background
3.5 Information Protected Under the Privacy Rule
2 Topics
3.5.1 Protected Health Information
3.5.2 De-Identified Information
3.6 Permitted Uses and Disclosures
3.7 Authorized Uses and Disclosures
3.8 Notice and Other Individual Rights
7 Topics
3.8.1 Privacy Practice Notice
3.8.2 Access
3.8.3 Amendment
3.8.4 Disclosure Accounting
3.8.5 Confidential Communications Requirements
3.8.6 Restriction Request
3.8.7 Administrative Requirements of the Privacy Rule
3.9 Guidelines and Practices for Privacy
3.10 Penalties for Noncompliance with the Privacy Rule
1 Quiz
3.10.1 Module 3: Test
Module 4: The Security Rule – Uses, Disclosures, and Compliance
4.1 The HIPAA Security Rule
4.2 History of the HIPAA Security Rule
3 Topics
4.2.1 Administrative Safeguards
4.2.2 Physical Safeguards
4.2.3 Technical Security Zone
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1.1.1 HIPAA’s Role in Healthcare

HIPPA: Security and Privacy Fundamentals 1.1 Introduction to HIPAA 1.1.1 HIPAA’s Role in Healthcare

Insurance coverage for those between jobs was one of the main issues that HIPAA was designed to solve in 1996. Otherwise, employees who were between employment would have lost their insurance coverage without HIPAA.

HIPAA’s second objective was to stop healthcare fraud, ensure that all protected health information (PHI) was properly secured, and limit access to health information to only those with access privileges.

For the healthcare sector, HIPAA helped in the switch from paper to electronic documents. It aided in streamlining administrative healthcare tasks, increasing productivity in the sector, and ensuring that sensitive health information was transferred securely.

Under HIPAA, protected health information includes demographic data like birth dates, gender, and ethnicity and health data including diagnoses, treatment information, lab tests, and prescription information.

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