HIPPA

1. TRAINING EMPLOYEES
CONFIDENTIALITY
Julie Venzen
7/25/2014
MHA 690: Health care Capstone

2. Employee Training
• What is HIIPA?
• Getting to know the HIPPA Laws
• How can this training on confidentiality be
effective for employees?

3. HIPPA

4. Confidentiality

5. Patients

6. Welcome

7. • What is HIPPA?1
• Getting to know HIPPA
Laws2
• How can this training on
Confidentiality be
effective?
3
Today’s Overview

8. Learning Objectives
• Technology
• Procedure
• Policies
• Benefits

9. What is HIPPA?
• Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996.

10. Privacy Rule
• The Privacy Rule standards address the use
and disclosure of the individual’s health
information called “protected health
information” by organizations subject to the
Privacy Rule called “covered entities,” as well
as standards for individuals’ privacy rights to
understand and control how their health
information is used (U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services, n.d.).

11. Doing Your Best Work
• Log out after working on
the computer
• Protect passwords
• Ask for permission for
patient information

12. Case Study
• 120 UCLA Staff saw
celebrity Health
Records
• Consequences
– Warning
– Suspension
– Termination

13. Discussion
• What we can learn
from Lawanda
• Criminal charges

14. Summary
• Know your HIPPA Laws.
– Technological as well as personal
• Protect Personal Health Information
– Mastery is not achieved overnight
• Keep your eye on the goal

15. Resources
• Fox News. (2008). Report Over 120 UCLA
hospital staff saw celebrity health records.
Retrieved from
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398784,
00.html
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
(n.d.). Summary of HIPPA Privacy Rule. Retrieved
from
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hippa/underst
anding/summary/index.html

16. QUESTIONS?