Information Technology Business Associates

Many Healthcare Information technology professionals are often asked to work with covered entities and as a result of their relationship must handle protected health information. Through this relationship they are considered business associates and have special responsibilities in regard to the Privacy & Security Rule. It is important for all members of the IT workforce who work as a business associate to understand the HIPAA Privacy & Security Rule.

Until recently we have offered separately HIPAA for IT professionals and HIPAA compliance training for business associates. Recently we created a new program that brings these two courses together but also offers additional helpful information for these professionals.

Our HIPAA for Information Technology Business Associates training program is available for healthcare information technology professionals who also work as business associates. This HIPAA Training is practical and easy to take directly from our educational platform.

IT professionals who are not employees of a covered entity, IT professionals creating applications for clients who are covered entities.

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This course is meant for information Technology professionals who also act as business associates.

• The course will review the Privacy Regulation, covered entities and business associates.
• It will also cover uses and disclosures of protected health information.
• This course will cover safeguards, breach notifications, privacy complaints, fines and penalties. It will cover business associate responsibilities and requirements.
• This course will give you an overview of the Security Rule, introduce administrative safeguards, physical safeguards, technical safeguards and organizational requirements.
• It will discuss important new developments in the field of HIPAA.
• This course will describe the HIPAA regulations and explain why they are important for IT Business Associates.
• There will be case scenarios to help you understand how it affects you in your workplace.
• The course may be taken at home at your own pace.
• Created with IT Business Associates in mind.
• May take it for up to 90 days.
• A certificate will be available immediately upon completion.

The HIPAA for IT – Business Associates Training is a combination of three of our most important courses.

HIPAA for Information Technology Business Associates

• This course will describe the HIPAA regulations and explain why they are important for IT Business Associates.
• There will be case scenarios to help you understand how it affects you in your workplace.
• The course may be taken at home at your own pace.
• Created with IT Business Associates in mind.
• May take it for up to 90 days.
• A certificate will be available immediately upon completion.

• Completion time under 1.5 hrs
• Take online at your own pace
• Available for 90 days
• Multiple retakes
• Guaranteed certificate of completion

• Understand the importance of HIPAA
• Individual’s HIPAA rights
• Organization’s responsibilities
• Permissible uses and disclosures
• HIPAA and state laws
• Security Standards
• Certificate of completion

How does IT play a role in HIPAA?

The field of health information management is changing rapidly due to the many new applications that are now commonly used. Some examples would include computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, electronic health records, (EHR), and radiology, pharmacy, and laboratory systems. A major goal of the Security Rule is to protect the privacy of individuals health information while allowing covered entities to adopt new technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care. IT personnel are in a key position to participate in the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI) and allowing this technology to evolve. They will need to know the basics of the Security Rule to be effective.