HIPAA Basics for Pharmacy

HIPAA Basics for Pharmacy is part of the HIPAA Training suite for employees. This course provides information on the HIPAA, HITECH, and Omnibus rules and regulations that impact every pharmacy employee's job and responsibilities.

Pharmacists and pharmacy staff learn how to apply HIPAA/HITECH/Omnibus rules and regulations during their daily activities and interactions with customers. Employees gain an understanding of policies and procedures for keeping customers’ protected health information (PHI) secure. Lessons cover:

• Identifying PHI
• Identifying covered entities that handle PHI
• Understanding the Notice of Privacy Practices and handling privacy complaints
• Methods for keeping PHI secure in the workplace
• Understanding HIPAA, HITECH and Omnibus violations and how they can result in civil and criminal penalties

Special care is taken to explain how every pharmacy employee can safeguard the customers’ PHI.

The course includes changes and updates to the rules, and offers an easily accessible glossary of essential terms.

Learners take a final assessment to demonstrate their mastery of course content.

Course Seat Time: 20 minutes

Windows 7/ Windows 8/ Windows 10

Processor: 1 GHz or higher

Internet connection: Internet functionality requires dial-up or broadband Internet access

Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater

Flash Player 11.0 or greater