Privacy Awareness Training
As an employer and health care provider, you are responsible to provide training to all of your employees about privacy awareness. If you don’t provide the training, if the employees don’t understand the policies and there is a privacy breach, then the healthcare provider is more likely to be held accountable under the legislation and face penalties including fines and even prison!
Protect your organization and your patients. Equip your staff with the information they need to confidently and correctly handle personal health information. Healthcare businesses who want employee and supervisor level privacy awareness training to support key policies, procedures and risk management programs need a privacy awareness training program.
If You
- work in healthcare or social services
- are a member of a health profession or work with healthcare professionals
- are a business vendor, contractor, or provide services with a healthcare or social services organization
You Need Privacy Awareness in Healthcare: Essentials
You will
- Understand patient and client privacy rights.
- Respect personal health information and your obligations.
- Confidently and correctly handle personal health information.
- Use reasonable safeguards to protect personal health information (PHI).
- Recognize and respond to a privacy breach
- Support key policies, procedures and risk management programs in your healthcare practice.
Interactive Online Learning Experience provided by Corridor Interactive
Corridor Interactive’s Buy Now Training Programs give you access to the most current information available, at your convenience. Complete your course all at once, or in multiple sessions from any location – it’s up to you. All you need is an internet connection and an email address to get started…it’s that easy!
- Fits into your schedule – you can start, pause at anytime, and return to the course exactly where you left off.
- Easy to use – navigation buttons makes it easy to continue to the next topic or pick and choose the order that you want to see the content.
- Get started immediately – the entire course is ready for you!
- Work at your own pace – you have access to the course for three (3) months. Most students complete the course in under 2 hours.
- You can listen to the narration for each module.
- Practical examples, too, to make it easier for you to apply what you have learned in the course to your job.
- Links to extra resource material and websites related to your topic of study, to peruse at your convenience.
- A printable Certificate of Completion, available as soon as you successfully complete your course.
- An audit trail and record of your course activity and training history.
- Self-directed learning features including the ability to pause your course at any time and resume later, right from where you left off.
- Unlimited access to your course and resources for the duration of your subscription term.
- Technical support with a one-business day turnaround for end-user support help and questions.
- Automatic emails when you complete your course, or reminders if you have not completed.
- This course is pre-approved by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) for 2.5 Group A Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits for CIPP/C, CIPM, and CIPT-certified individuals.
Developed by Corridor’s team of seasoned software specialists and instructional designers, this unique online learning application is the optimum vehicle for delivering learning content.
NEW! Ontario PHIPA Version Available Now!
Privacy Awareness Essentials in Healthcare online training series launches with Ontario PHIPA version during #PAW2017 week May 15-21, 2017. In conjunction with Privacy Awareness Week, Information Managers www.InformationManagers.ca and Corridor Interactive www.CorridorInteractive.com have announced the release of the newest addition of the “Privacy Awareness in Healthcare: Essentials” series with a focus on Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) legislation. The first on-line privacy awareness training in this series released in 2016 focused on Alberta’s Health Information Act. Many other provinces have health information legislation as well, and while some of the key terms differ from province to province, this privacy awareness training is applicable to any organization that collects, uses, and discloses personally identifying information.
When you purchase the course, select the Ontario or the Alberta version of Privacy Awareness Essentials in Healthcare.
$35 per subscription
Give your staff the knowledge and tools they need to apply policy in their day-to-day work AND prevent a privacy breach with privacy awareness training.
Privacy Awareness in Healthcare: Essentials
Protect your organization and your patients. Equip your staff with the information they need to confidently and correctly handle personal health information. Learn basic healthcare privacy principles and how to handle personal health information, use safeguards, and recognize and report a privacy breach.
Along with your registration to the course from Corridor Interactive, you will also benefit from the occasional Privacy Nugget tips from Your Practical Privacy Coach by email of similar privacy resources and articles that you can use right away!
I have used Corridor's Privacy Awareness in Healthcare: Essentials online training program. The course has helped satisfy the training requirements of the Health Information Act. Staff go through the course at their own pace while we monitor to ensure completion.
The online Privacy Training from Corridor Interactive helped EFW in providing consistent and comprehensive privacy training to all of our staff. The information in the modules was presented in a way that was relevant and easy to understand and offered the added benefit of being able to be completed by staff in smaller time periods using the automatic bookmarks. One of the best features was the ability to customize the program and add in links and references to specific EFW Radiology processes and policies. This made the training not just another off the shelf product, but something relatable to our organization as a whole.
This self-paced on-line education includes:
Welcome
- Introduction to the course
- Privacy legislation introduction
Part 1
- Understanding Privacy
- Privacy Principles
- Collection, Use and Disclosure
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Privacy Breaches
Part 2
- Right of Access
- Safeguards
- What is ‘Personal Health Information’?
- Handling Personal Health Information
- Post Test to confirm that you understand the key concepts
Certificate of Completion
“When we know better, we can we do better.”
As an employer and health care provider, you are responsible to provide training to all of your employees about privacy awareness. Protect your organization and your patients. Equip your staff with the information they need to confidently and correctly handle personal health information.
I am constructively obsessive about privacy and confidentiality in the healthcare sector–and I think you should be, too! I designed this course to assist healthcare providers, clinic managers, practice managers, privacy officers and independent healthcare practice owners provide practical privacy awareness training that was easy to implement, consistent content, cost-effective and meaningful to your day-to-day business.
When each member of your independent healthcare practice completes this privacy awareness course, you will have clearer expectations and confidence that your team will maintain the privacy, confidentiality and security of your patient’s health information. Give your patients the gift of privacy. Improve your healthcare practice with privacy awareness education.
Jean L. Eaton, Your Practical Privacy Coach Information Managers Ltd.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I access the course?
The course, Privacy Awareness in Healthcare: Essentials, is available on-line from any internet enabled device. You can use your desktop computer, smart phone or tablet to view the slides and even hear the narration.
How long is the course?
Most students complete the course in under 2 hours. You can start and stop the course at any time. Let's say you decide to take 20 minutes each day to work on the course. You can login and start the course right away. When you come back to the course the next day, you can start right from where you left off. You will have all the modules and the post-test done within 6 days. Don't worry about missing a few days – you have access to the course for a full 3-months!
This is my first job in a healthcare practice. Do I know enough to start the course?
You bet! The course is easy to read and I explain all the terms that you need to know. There are a lot of practical examples, too, to make it easier for you to apply what you have learned to your job.
I've worked in healthcare for a long time. Do I still need to take this course?
You bet! Seasoned professionals like yourself have an extra obligation to share your knowledge with new workers. This course will help you to refresh key principles and suggest wording, examples, and key messages that you can use to train new employees to their specific tasks in the workplace. The course will help you to advocate for the privacy rights of your patients. Unfortunately, we have many examples where trained professionals who “should have known better” make errors in judgement causing privacy breaches that affect our patients, our business, and the reputation of healthcare. Healthcare practitioners and owners have a responsibility to ensure that everyone in the practice receive comprehensive privacy awareness training regularly.
Will I get a certificate of completion that I can give my employer?
Yes – at the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to complete a short on-line quiz to confirm that you understand the key concepts. Then you will have access to a Certificate of Completion that you can download and share with whomever you choose.
Can I get continuing education credits with my professional association?
Maybe! This course is pre-approved by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) for 2.5 Group A Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits for CIPP/C, CIPM, and CIPT-certified individuals. If you are a member of another association and you would like to seek credits from for taking this course, please let us know so we can take steps to request pre-approval.
How much is the course?
The course is $25 per person. Click here to buy it right away.
I think everyone in my healthcare practice should take this course! Can I buy in a group package?
Yes – Privacy Awareness in Healthcare: Essentials is available in group packages, or it can be customized to incorporate your organization’s privacy policy and practices. Employers can monitor the employee’s training progress and receive a report of employee’s satisfactory completion of on-line quizzes. Track annual privacy awareness training through our online platform to demonstrate your compliance with legislation. Contact Corridor Interactive for more information.
I agree that privacy awareness training s important - but I don't work in healthcare. Do you have a corporate privacy awareness program?
While these programs have been developed with health care providers in mind, the privacy principles and fundamentals of protecting personal information are appropriate for any organization that collects, uses, and discloses personally identifying information. Contact us for information about our Corporate Privacy Awareness Program!
Not sure if the Privacy Awareness in Healthcare: Essentials training is right for you?
Watch this Practice Management Nuggets Webinar interview with Heather Mooney for a detailed look at the online course.
This short video from Corridor Interactive will give you a glimpse into the look and feel of the online course experience.
Interested in Group Training?
Employers can also purchase training for groups of employees; employees can access the internet based training at a time and location convenient to them. Employers can monitor the employee’s training progress and receive a report of employee’s satisfactory completion of on-line quizzes. Track annual privacy awareness training through our online platform to demonstrate your compliance with legislation.
Coming Soon! Privacy Awareness Essentials – Alberta Corporate (PIPA)