HIPAA Training Archives

HIPAA Training Requirements and Best Practices: How to Train Employees on HIPAA

by Darcy Clark | Apr 18, 2023 | HIPAA Training

HIPAA training may immediately conjure images of bored staff, slogging through the annual training videos to check a box and move on with their job. But training is key to creating compliance in action, so it is critical to think beyond the requirements and implement...

10 Common HIPAA Misconceptions Our Compliance Experts Are Ready to Quash

by Darcy Clark | Sep 22, 2022 | HIPAA Training

We get it—HIPAA compliance is complicated, dynamic, and ever-changing. Which means that it can be hard to stay on top of what is a misconception and what is fact, when it comes to HIPAA compliance. Today, we’re ready to set the record straight. At...

How to Use Checklists as a HIPAA Training and Compliance Inspection Tool

by Sarah Badahman | Jan 8, 2020 | HIPAA Management, HIPAA Training

Checklists are popular in healthcare, particularly for doctors and nurses to use during certain procedures to improve patient safety. Though your compliance department won’t use checklists for this purpose, there are ways you can use them to streamline your HIPAA...

6 Steps to Create a HIPAA Compliant Social Media Presence

by Sarah Badahman | Oct 2, 2019 | Breaches, HIPAA Training, Privacy

If you’re a HIPAA-covered organization that uses social media (and you probably do), beware of HIPAA violations. Breaches happen all the time through a healthcare organization’s social media accounts or from their employees’ personal accounts. Common breaches...

How to Automate Your HIPAA Training Management

by Sarah Badahman | Aug 14, 2019 | HIPAA Management, HIPAA Training

Managing HIPAA training for your team doesn’t need to be difficult. With just a little planning and the right tools, you can automate your HIPAA privacy and security training. Let’s review the training requirements below and see how you can automate your HIPAA...

How to Manage HIPAA Security Reminders in 5 Easy Steps

by Sarah Badahman | Jul 10, 2019 | HIPAA Management, HIPAA Training, Security

You know you must provide HIPAA training to new employees shortly after employment. However, a frequently forgotten part of training is security reminders. Security reminders are a required administrative safeguard under the HIPAA Security Rule. The Security Rule also...