HIPAA privacy compliance training

Your organization may have finished implementing its new Privacy policies, but it can’t be fully compliant until it has instituted an ongoing enterprise-wide training program.

The HIPAA Privacy Rule stipulates that all members of the enterprise receive training that is appropriate to their organizational roles. This includes employees, volunteers and trainees.

While some members of the staff should receive the specialized training that applies to their jobs, everyone should receive training on the following topics, according to the Phoenix Health Systems HIPAAdvisory:* Principles and objectives of HIPAA Privacy
* Background – what is protected health information?
* Need for privacy of PHI
* Overview of HIPAA privacy regulations
* Individual’s rights regarding: privacy, control of uses and disclosures of PHI, access and accounting of records
* New organizational privacy policies and procedures
* Cooperating with investigations or audits
* How to report a violation
* Organization’s commitment to patient privacy integration