HIPAA: HIPAA Security Rule
8 min! Run Time
Employees
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of Completion
What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
This course examines where the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule meet, with a focus on protecting electronic protected health information (ePHI) held by covered entities.
What this course covers:
- The relationship between the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule
- Confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI
- Detecting and mitigating threats to health information
- Workforce compliance and certification obligations
- Enforcement, penalties, and the role of the HHS Office for Civil Rights
Ideal for staff at covered entities responsible for safeguarding electronic health information.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
HIPAA: HIPAA Security Rule
Frequently Asked Questions
They overlap where electronic information is concerned. This course examines the point where the two meet rather than treating either in isolation.
Electronic protected health information — PHI created, stored or transmitted electronically, which the Security Rule addresses specifically.
Because most practical confusion sits there. Staff know the rules separately and then struggle when a situation engages both at once.
Covered entities, and the course focuses on their obligations for protecting it across the systems where it lives.
It helps. This course assumes some familiarity with the Privacy Rule before examining where the Security Rule takes over.
This course on HIPAA delves into the intersection of the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule, emphasizing the protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). Participants will explore the Security Rule's role in safeguarding individually identifiable health information in electronic form, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The course highlights the imperative for covered entities to comply with security measures, detect and mitigate threats, and certify workforce compliance. Enforcement mechanisms, including penalties for HIPAA violations and the role of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, are also covered, emphasizing the critical need for organizational vigilance and ethical considerations. Comprehend the relationship between the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule in safeguarding Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). Understand the core principles of the Security Rule, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and their application to ePHI. Demonstrate knowledge of compliance measures, threat detection, and workforce certification obligations under the Security Rule to ensure HIPAA adherence.
Course Objectives:
Comprehend the relationship between the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule in safeguarding Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI).;Describe the core principles of the Security Rule, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and their application to ePHI.;Demonstrate knowledge of compliance measures, threat detection, and workforce certification obligations under the Security Rule to ensure HIPAA adherence.;;
Duration: 8 min.