HIPAA: HIPAA Security Rule

This course on HIPAA delves into the intersection of the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule, emphasizing the protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). Participants will explore the Security Rule’s role in safeguarding individually identifiable health information in electronic form, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The course highlights the imperative for covered entities to comply with security measures, detect and mitigate threats, and certify workforce compliance. Enforcement mechanisms, including penalties for HIPAA violations and the role of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, are also covered, emphasizing the critical need for organizational vigilance and ethical considerations.