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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): An Overview

Author: Dana Bartlett, BSN, MSN, MA, CSPI
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CE: 2 hours
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Course Summary

Health clinicians have constant access to patients’ personal information, and healthcare facilities, clinicians and insurers must store and transmit patients’ personal information. In both instances, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides guidelines for how clinicians must protect the privacy of patients’ information and how healthcare facilities and other concerned parties must keep that information secure. Health clinicians are required to understand and be compliant with HIPAA. The HIPAA Privacy Rule and the HIPAA Security Rule are especially designed to protect patients, and significant fines and penalties can be brought against clinicians who violate these rules. Public health emergencies, pandemics, natural disasters, or other similar situations raise unique concerns and conflicts as the HIPAA privacy and security provisions are balanced with the need to protect public health.

Course Format

Homestudy

Course Syllabus

I.    Introduction

II.    HIPAA Historical Development

III.    The HIPAA Privacy Rule

1. Protected Health Information
2. Covered Entities
3. Application of the HIPAA Privacy Rule

IV.    HIPAA Security Rule and Health Clinicians

1. Information Transmission
2. Computer Workstation Security

V.    HIPAA, Public Health, and Emergency Situations

1. Public Health Authorities
2. Imminent Danger
3. A Person at Risk of Contracting or Spreading a Disease
4. Disclosure of Information to the Media
5. Treatment
6. Disclosure of information to Family, Friends, and Others

VI.    HIPAA and Same-Sex Marriage

VII.    HIPAA Modifications - 2013

1. Privacy, Security Rules, and Enforcement Rules
2. Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information
3. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

VIII.    Case Study: Research Participation

      Discussion

IX.    Summary

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