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Course Overview
This self-paced course will suggest ways to prevent a breach of confidentiality. In your role as a risk management professional, it is essential that you create and maintain strict policies that ensure that the privacy of patients entrusted to your facility’s care is protected.

Course Objectives

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

• Describe situations where there is a potential for breach of confidentiality
• Identify measures to minimize and/or prevent breaches of confidentiality and to mitigate breaches of confidentiality
• Determine content that should be included in staff education sessions regarding confidentiality

Course Outline 

• Introduction
• Section 1: Program Overview
• Section 2: The Basics
• Section 3: Confidentiality Breaches
• Section 4: Videotaping
• Section 5: Electronic Medical Records
• Section 6: Health Information and the Internet
• Section 7: Telemedicine
• Section 8: Marketing and Fund-Raising
• Section 9: Educational Programs
• Section 10: Mitigating Breaches of confidentiality
• Section 11: Handling Complaints
• Section 12: Use and Disclosure of PHI 
• Section 13: Retention of Confidential Information
• Section 14: Identity Theft 
• Section 15: The Loss and Destruction of Confidential Information
• Section 16: HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule 
• Section 17: In-House Training
• Section 18: Conclusion

Tuition

Course 2: $98 members, $158 nonmembers

Confidentiality series (courses 1 & 2): $224 members, $359 nonmembers

Continuing Education Credits

2 contact hours

Registration

Download and print the registration form.  Complete form and return to ASHRM with your check.  Allow 7-10 days for processing.

Authors
ASHRM would like to recognize members of the Online Education Task Force 2005-07 for their hard work, dedication and subject matter expertise.

Disclaimer
This course is neither intended to provide legal advice nor to serve as a professional standard. The material presented in this course is representative of industry practices but not intended to be exclusive. The content is for purposes of information and education only. It is recommended that consultation be obtained with legal counsel for advice on particular issues or concerns. Consideration of all state laws and statutes is beyond the scope of this course.

Support

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