This document outlines the topics covered in an annual confidentiality training for employees. The training reviews federal privacy laws like HIPAA and organizational confidentiality policies. It ensures employees understand their role in handling private patient information. Employees must complete the training annually and confirm acceptance of all policies to remain in compliance. The training uses topics, examples, and testing to educate staff on privacy requirements and proper responses regarding access and disclosure of confidential information.

1. Crystal Reynolds
September 30, 2013
MHA 690

2. Training Overview and Purpose
 Confidentiality training is a review of
federal law guidelines and policy
acceptance as well as additional review
of organizational processes.
 Confidential training is essential for
employees to understand their role in
the organization and the handling of
confidential information.

3. Training Requirement
 Annual training review
 Official training completion on file for
each employee
 Confirmation of acceptance of each
confidential policy.

4. Training Topics
 HIPPA Requirements
 Data Access and permissions
 Confidential organization policies
 Reporting of usage
 Employee role and requirements
 Use case scenarios and testing on
response

5. Training Examples:
1. HIPPA Privacy Rule provides federal protection for:
a) Patient health information
b) Business administrative policies
c) Home insurance regulations
2. A patient that is a close friend of yours is admitted
to another department in your organization, a
family member asks you to get information , what
is the correct response?
a) Look up the patient information and relay it to the family
member.
b) Inform the family member that accessing the information
would be a privacy violation and could cost you your job
c) Ask a co-worker to look up the information so that you
can share the information among your family.

6. Conclusion
 Training is essential to understanding
the role each employee has in a patient
encounter .
 Every private and federal policy must be
signed and completed during training.
 All annually updated policies must be
included in the training on a reoccurring
basis.

7. References
 U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. (2013). HIPPA Privacy Policy.
Retrieved on September 30, 2013. From
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/un
derstanding/index.html
 Wolper,L.F. (2011). Health Care
Administration: Managing Organized
delivery systems(5th ed.).Boston: Jones
and Bartlett.