What is HIPAA?

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:53:20 +0000

Health care has obviously become a hot topic this year and continue to be one for years to come, but one thing that everyone can agree upon is the importance of privacy in terms of one’s health care. Nobody wants their private information being accessed by those you haven’t given approval. Without HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, private health care information could be distributed to unwanted parties. If the thought of that doesn’t make you feel a little violated I don’t know what does.

So what is the big deal about HIPAA? Well, everyone knows the dangers of getting your identity stolen. I mean it is a constant threat and businesses have been created just to protect people from being victims of this type of crime. HIPAA actual helps protect you from this sort of problem. Besides protecting you from cybercriminals, it also keeps your personal information safe from groups that may harass you for medical decisions you have made or from being discriminated against in the workplace.

HIPAA is a complicated policy that needs to be administered through proper training. This training is usually done through the Human Resources department in businesses, but where do these trainers learn how to properly share this information with employees? Here is a great online HIPAA overview that has interactive test questions throughout the course to make sure employees understand HIPAA.

This HIPAA Overview Training course will teaches viewers to:

Recall the history and purpose of HIPAA
Identify the definition of HIPAA
Identify the five rules created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as required by HIPAA
Identify the different company statuses and responsibilities under HIPAA
Identify the HIPAA responsibilities of the human resources officer

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What is HIPAA?