Privacy and Security Training
You are the Assistant HIM Manager and have been asked to develop a Privacy and Security Training PowerPoint. This PowerPoint will be used to acclimate new employees to HIPAA during the New Employee Orientation Class.
The PowerPoint should be a minimum of 9 slides (including title and reference pages) and needs to address the following:
- Define HIPAA and its purpose.
- Describe the difference between privacy and security.
- Describe the importance of privacy and security in healthcare.
- Discuss how employees can ensure the privacy of patient information.
- Discuss how employees can ensure the security of patient information.
- Discuss why employees must sign a confidentiality form upon hire.
- Describe the possible consequences of breaching patient information.