Who Needs HIPAA Training?

If you work for a company that has any access to an individual’s protected health information, aka PHI, then you should know who in your workforce needs to have HIPAA training.

So then, who specifically needs to be trained in HIPAA?

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The answer is that all members of an organization’s workforce for whom it is probable to have access to private health information should be trained.

These would most likely be:

Volunteers
Trainees
Workers who are under control of those on behalf of the organization or affiliated with it, but not a partner in business.
Covered entities are also required to ensure that Business Partners have appropriate safeguards in place for PHI.

There are schools/departments/groups that need to be HIPAA trained as well:

Schools of Nursing, Dentistry, and Medicine and affiliated Institutes and Centers
School of Public Health and Information Sciences (SPHIS)
Information Technology
Audit Services
Department of Environmental Health and Safety
Human Resources
University Archives and Records
University Counsel
Researchers

Where can you get HIPAA training?

A great way to do it is through our online video course. If you’d like to get HIPAA training for your organization, or even just yourself, please visit ProHIPAA.com and get started. We also have a HIPAA Blog so you can learn more. We can also consult on your book of evidence.

Sources: University of Louisville & HIPAA and Training

About the Author

Elizabeth Shaw

Elizabeth enjoys teaching and dancing as well as being a violinist in a local orchestra. She loves reading and writing materials that range everywhere from short stories and poetry to medical dictionaries and encyclopedias. She enjoys sharing her talent for the written word by being a regular contributor and test and training editor here at ProTrainings.

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