The purpose of HIPAA training is to educate healthcare professionals and employees about the regulations and requirements of the HIPAA, enabling them to understand their roles and responsibilities in protecting patient privacy, ensuring the security of protected...
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of companies offering online HIPAA training for employees. While there are many circumstances in which training courses of this nature can be beneficial, it is important for Covered Entities and Business...
There is no question that HIPAA training for nurses is mandated by the Administrative Requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. However, the content of HIPAA training for nurses should go further than the minimum requirements of the Privacy Rule training standard to...
In July 2019, members of the workforce at Aveanna Healthcare were targeted with more than 600 phishing emails from an unknown source, attempting to trick the recipients into disclosing login credentials and other sensitive information. Many of the phishing emails were...
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has recently issued guidance on online tracking technologies and HIPAA for covered entities and business associates to help them avoid violations of HIPAA and patient privacy. Online tracking technologies consist of a script or code...
HIPAA privacy training is sometimes confused with HIPAA Privacy Rule training which requires Covered Entities to train members of its workforce on policies and procedures “with respect to PHI […] as necessary and appropriate for the members of the workforce to carry...
