Health Privacy (HIPAA)
This course is intended to cover the core elements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements.
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About this Course
The foundation concepts of this course are covered in the Basics of Health Privacy module, which provides information on the core elements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements. Additional content is meant to supplement this foundation by focusing on healthcare roles and types of activities, since HIPAA’s requirements are largely conditioned by the purposes behind the collection, use, or disclosure of health information.
Language Availability: English, Korean
Suggested Audiences: Clinicians, Fundraisers, Healthcare Providers, Researchers, Instructors, Marketers, Students
Organizational Subscription Price: Included in base subscription
Independent Learner Price: $110 per person
CE Credits and Units
To purchase CE credits and units, you need to be affiliated with an organization that subscribes to this course or buy it as an independent learner first.
Physicians
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™
1 Credit
(2 CE certified modules)
$20
1 June 2018
31 May 2021
Psychologists
CE Credit/Hour
1 Credit
(2 CE certified modules)
$20
1 June 2018
31 May 2021
Nurses
Contact Hour
1 Credit
(2 CE certified modules)
$15
10 September 2019
9 September 2021
Other Participants
Certificate of Participation
1 Credit
(2 CE certified modules)
$15
1 June 2018
31 May 2021
Course Content
Basics of Health Privacy 
Provides general information about health privacy, applicable to all members of the healthcare workforce. It is focused on HIPAA requirements, such as patients’ rights to notice of privacy practices, access to and amendment of records, disclosure accounting, limits on certain kinds of communications, and limits on certain kinds of additional uses. Concepts such as “minimum necessary,” work-related uses and disclosures, and reasonable and appropriate practices are also discussed.
Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 1417 (English), 16067 (Korean)
Author(s): Reid Cushman, PhD - CITI Program
Health Privacy Issues for Clinicians
Focuses on how HIPAA applies to persons providing treatment services.
Recommended Use: Supplemental
ID (Language): 1418 (English), 16068 (Korean)
Author(s): Reid Cushman, PhD - CITI Program
Health Privacy Issues for Fundraisers
Focuses on how HIPAA applies to persons engaged in fundraising activities.
Recommended Use: Supplemental
ID (Language): 1421 (English), 16071(Korean)
Author(s): Reid Cushman, PhD - CITI Program
Health Privacy Issues for Marketers
Discusses how HIPAA applies to persons engaged in marketing activities who have access to health information as part of their efforts. In particular, it focuses on how the privacy rules apply to marketer’s use and disclosures of such data, and how to protect it using appropriate security practices.
Recommended Use: Supplemental
ID (Language): 1422 (English), 16072 (Korean)
Author(s): Reid Cushman, PhD - CITI Program
Health Privacy Issues for Researchers
Focuses on data protection requirements for human subjects research that creates, obtains, uses, or discloses health data, principally the protections that derive from HIPAA.
Recommended Use: Supplemental
ID (Language): 1419 (English), 16069 (Korean)
Author(s): Reid Cushman, PhD - CITI Program
Health Privacy Issues for Students and Instructors
Discusses how HIPAA applies to persons engaged in educational activities, whether as students or instructors.
Recommended Use: Supplemental
ID (Language): 1420 (English), 16070 (Korean)
Author(s): Reid Cushman, PhD - CITI Program
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