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HIPAA Compliance Training Courses

Course Name:	General Privacy Issues

Course Description:	This course explains the uses and disclosures of identifiable health information that are allowed or permitted by the HIPAA Privacy Regulations. Identifiable health information may relate to any patient, whether they are alive or deceased, and it may be in any form, no matter how it is communicated or stored. No matter if you have access to identifiable health information for treatment, billing, healthcare operations (TPO) or any activity that falls outside TPO, you will need to be aware of patient privacy requirements. This course also identifies new rights for individuals and the processes that health care providers must implement to support individual rights. When Hopkins workforce members come in contact with identifiable health information, w... Click for full description





Course Name:	Privacy Issues Relating to Marketing

Course Description:	This course defines the HIPAA Privacy Requirements as they relate to marketing activities. Generally, HIPAA requires an Authorization for marketing. Therefore, it is important to know what marketing is under HIPAA and the activities which fall outside of the definition and are allowed without an Authorization. If you are part of a Marketing department or if you perform marketing activities using identifiable health information, you will need to take this course. You will need to know when a patient authorization is needed to conduct marketing activities. It is important for Hopkins workforce to unde... Click for full description





Course Name:	Privacy Issues Relating to Fundraising

Course Description:	This course defines the HIPAA Privacy Requirements as they relate to fundraising activities. Hopkins entities may do some fundraising on behalf of the Hopkins entities and its foundations without an Authorization. However, for more targeted fundraising activities using certain identifiable health information, patient authorization is required. Hopkins historically has raised funds for Hopkins teaching, research and clinical care based upon targeted fundraising activities. Donations from grateful patients support our departmental efforts and you will need to understand how these efforts can continue under the HIPAA Privacy Requirements. If you are part of a Development department or if you actively partici... Click for full description





Course Name:	Tracking and Accounting for Disclosures of Health Information

Course Description:	This course defines the HIPAA Privacy Requirements as they relate to tracking of disclosures authorized or required by law. Federal and state law authorize or require health care providers to disclose identifiable health information for a number of purposes, including public health, public registries, law enforcement, FDA product surveillance, workers compensation, national security, organ transplantation and notification to coroners and funeral directors to name a few. In all these instances, the disclosure is mandatory or authorized by law. No patient authorization is required. An individual does not have the opportunity to opt-out of the disclosure. If you disclose identifiable health information as required by law, you will need to take this course. Yo... Click for full description





Course Name:	Privacy Issues Relating to Research

Course Description:	The Privacy Issues Relating to Research course has been updated and is no longer offered on this training system. The updated course is called HIPAA and Research, and is available on the Johns Hopkins Medicine Interactive system at http://www.hopkinsinteractive.org





Course Name:	Preparing the Research Privacy Authorization Form

Course Description:	This course is obsolete and no longer necessary.





Course Name:	Business Relationships

Course Description:	This course explains the two types of agreements defined in the HIPAA Privacy Regulations. These include Business Associate agreements and Data use agreements. Business Associate agreements are necessary whenever Johns Hopkins shares PHI with a non-Hopkins entity and the entity performs a function with the PHI on our behalf. Data Use agreements are necessary whenever Johns Hopkins provides a limited set of PHI for research, public oversight activities or health care operations. These agreements put the non-Hopkins entity on notice as to which types of PHI Johns Hopkins will provide to them, as well as the authorized uses and disclosures of that PHI. This course will help you to identify when a business associate or a data use agreement is necessary. There are many Johns Hopkins workforce members w... Click for full description





Course Name:	Release of Patient Information

Course Description:	This course explains the general guidelines for releasing patient information to the public, the media and clergy. HIPAA Privacy requirements and state law restrict the amount of information we may disclose concerning a patient in our patient care facilities. If the requestor does not provide the patient’s full name, Johns Hopkins is not authorized to release information in the facility directory. Additionally, if the media requests information about patients in emergency as well as individuals in political or famous arenas, these requests should be handled in a way that ensures the patient’s privacy is protected. Additionally, clergy may provide spiritual care to patients, but the amount of PHI they may access is limited without a patient’s authorization. This course will help you identify situations where we are allowed to discl... Click for full description





Course Name:	Covered Entities as Providers/Plans and Employers

Course Description:	This course explains the general guidelines for covered entities as they carry out their various employment policies and practices. Health care plans and providers are covered entities, but they also act as employers in fulfilling responsibilities under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) regulations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), Workers’ Compensation laws and other employer activities. These covered entities may act as health care providers and plans for their own employees. The HIPAA Privacy Regulations require covered entities to distinguish their activities as employers and providers and to comply with the HIPAA requirements when performing some of th... Click for full description





Course Name:	HIPAA Training for Nurses and Clinical Care Technicians and Clerical Associates

Course Description:	This course is a condensed view of three HIPAA courses: General Privacy Issues, Tracking and Accounting for Disclosures of Health Information, and Release of Patient Information. This course was specifically designed only for workforce members who are nurses and clinical care technicians and clerical associates. This course explains (i) the uses and disclosures of identifiable health information that are permitted by the HIPAA Privacy Regulations, (ii) the regulatory requirements to track certain types of disclosures that are permitted or required by law, and (iii) the guidelines for releasing patient information to the public, the media and clergy. When you come in contact with individually identifiable health information, you are required by law and Johns Hopkins policy to follow the HIP... Click for full description

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