HIPAA Awareness Training for Medical Professionals

HIPAA Awareness Training for Medical Professionals course was specifically designed to meet the unique needs of healthcare organizations providing services that are covered by HIPAA.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates that anyone who has access to protected health information (PHI) receives initial training and periodic refresher training. This comprehensive course covers the three primary components of HIPAA compliance: The Privacy Rule, The Security Rule, and The Breach Notification Rule.

All course content is created by experienced attorneys who specialize in risk, regulatory, and compliance training. Our online training courses are easily accessed from anywhere and are conveniently self-paced. A certificate of completion will be available for download immediately upon completion of the course.

Course Overview

This HIPAA training course was specifically designed to meet the unique needs of those who work in medical and treatment settings. This typically includes urgent care clinics, hospitals, mental health professionals, substance abuse professionals and more who are involved in the provision of care or treatment to patients.

What kind of breaches or disclosures in a care setting are violations? Who must be notified when there is a breach? Find out in this online HIPAA Awareness Training for Medical Professionals course.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates that anyone who has access to protected health information (PHI) receives initial training and periodic refresher training. Easler Education’s HIPAA Awareness Training for Medical Professionals is thorough, accurate, and always up-to-date. In this course, we will cover the three primary components of HIPAA compliance:

• The Privacy Rule: safeguards all individually identifiable health information and regulates who may have access to PHI, who that information may be disclosed to, and under what circumstances it may be disclosed.
• The Security Rule: addresses safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic PHI (e-PHI), to protect e-PHI from security threats and improper usage, etc.
• The Breach Notification Rule: a HIPAA requirement that covered entities, like employer group health plans, notify patients if the privacy or security of their PHI is compromised in any way.

Our online training courses are easily accessed from anywhere and are self-paced. A certificate of completion will be available for download immediately upon completion of the course.

The content of every Easler Education course we offer is created by experienced attorneys who specialize in risk, regulatory, and compliance training. You can rest assured that your team will be able to understand all of the applicable HIPAA rules and give them the confidence to carry out the guidelines that it sets forth.

HIPAA violations can be costly, with penalties of up to $1.5M and the possibilities of civil or criminal lawsuits, ethical violations, sanctions, and potential loss of medical licenses. That’s why proper training for your team is essential. Don’t take any chances: maintain a high level of compliance and mitigate risks by choosing the most trusted source of workplace training. Trust Easler, and get started on your HIPAA Awareness Training for Medical Professionals course today.