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About Advance Directives
Advance directives are legal documents with instructions that apply if an adult is not able to make decisions about their own healthcare. They are meant to ensure that a person’s values related to dying, quality of life, and other relevant matters are honored.
Identify the most common types of advance directives and find out if a person has made them.
Explain how advance directives can improve quality of life, even at the end of life.
About Privacy and Confidentiality for Non-HIPAA Covered Entities
You work for a company that provides services to many people. You may need to discuss personal information about the people you serve, but this must be done thoughtfully. Everyone’s personal information must be kept safe.
Explain how to protect confidential information.
Recall what to do when confidential information is shared without consent.
About Workplace Violence
As a healthcare worker, you are in regular contact with residents, visitors, and coworkers. When harassment or bullying occurs in the workplace, the impact on staff and visitors creates a troubled workplace. Facility operations are also disrupted with long-reaching effects. Workplace violence refers clearly to threats or actual use of physical force against a person in the workplace. In recent years, more healthcare workers have assumed a greater risk of exposure to workplace violence. In this course, you will learn how to spot, prevent, and respond to workplace violence.
Define workplace violence.
Identify steps to survive a hostile encounter.
Determine when and how to report workplace violence.
Active Shooter Response
The number of active shooter instances in the U.S. is increasing. Active shooter incidences occur at all different types of public and work sites, including healthcare facilities. All healthcare facilities should have a plan in place on how to respond to a potential active shooter situation. The goal of this course is to educate staff in all healthcare settings on how to respond to active shooter situations.
Define the term active shooter.
Recall two different types of responses to an active shooter situation.
Applying HIPAA Regulations in Behavioral Health
HIPAA rules underlie every service related to behavioral health, and they change to meet evolving trends. There are potentially catastrophic organizational and individual consequences if the current HIPAA rules are not followed. This course will help you to identify potential legal and ethical issues related to HIPAA, improve your compliance approach, and develop more effective risk management strategies.
The goal of this course is to assist alcohol and drug counselors, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, psychologists, social workers, and nurses in health and human services settings in understanding and applying current HIPAA regulations.
Indicate the purpose of HIPAA and how it applies to behavioral healthcare providers.
Recall at least three ways that the Privacy Rule impacts the day-to-day responsibilities of behavioral health providers.
Identify at least three steps that behavioral health providers need to take to ensure compliance with the Security Rule.
Emergency Department: HIPAA and CFR42
In an emergency department, information often flows amongst providers and patients quickly because of urgent, sometimes life-threatening, situations. Due to the volume of information being shared, as well as the need for it to be shared quickly and accurately, emergency department providers must be especially careful to safeguard patient information.
The goal of this course is to update nursing professionals in the acute care setting with basic information about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and 42 CFR Part 2.
Identify information sharing standards under HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2.
Define the concept of consent, when you must obtain it to share or receive information, and the types of information that may not be available to you.
Essentials of HIPAA
This course, which was designed to comply with HIPAA law, will help you protect the privacy of the people you provide care for. Allowing unauthorized individuals to see a person’s personal health information can have severe consequences for you and your organization, even if it happens by accident.
The goal of this course is to provide post-acute care staff with basic information about the principles of confidentiality, privacy, and security.
Explain why HIPAA exists.
Identify at least three things in the medical record that can be used to identify an individual.
Describe at least three best practices to prevent HIPAA violations.
HIPAA: Basics
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly called HIPAA, protects the confidentiality and security of healthcare information. HIPAA creates and protects individual privacy rights for protected health information and governs the use and disclosure of that information.
The goal of this course is to provide all staff with an overview of the principles of HIPAA.
The content of this course is sourced from 45 CFR Parts 160,162, and 164 (2020) or HIPAA-related resources from the Health and Human Services (HHS) unless otherwise noted.
Define the purpose of HIPAA.
Recognize when a HIPAA violation has occurred.
Identify three steps you can take to avoid a HIPAA violation.
HIPAA: Do's and Don'ts of Social Media and Electronic Communication
Social media and other forms of electronic communication allow people to instantly share pictures and messages with anyone, anywhere. But as the opportunities to share information online have increased, so have the challenges for keeping information private.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, was designed to protect individuals’ rights and their personal healthcare information. HIPAA applies to both the storage and transfer of electronic protected health information, so these electronic communications must be handled carefully.
Describe at least three ways to avoid HIPAA violations when using electronic communication.
HIPAA: Privacy Rule
All healthcare organizations must follow a specific HIPAA rule, known as the Privacy Rule. This rule limits the use and disclosure of protected health information, known as PHI. The Privacy Rule also grants people the right to view and correct their medical records, receive copies, or request that copies are sent. The goal of this course is to provide all staff with knowledge of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Recognize common violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Identify ways to prevent violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
HIPAA: Security Rule
The use of technology has bloomed in the healthcare industry. While technology’s use has improved the delivery and continuity of care, it increases the chance that an unauthorized person will be able to access individuals’ protected health information, or PHI. Therefore, to protect electronic PHI, your organization is required to follow a specific HIPAA rule, known as the Security Rule.
The goal of this course is to describe the Security Rule and ways you can prevent breaches.
Describe the HIPAA Security Rule.
Identify at least three ways to prevent breaches of the HIPAA Security Rule.
Medical Record Documentation and Legal Information for CNAs
Documenting care is just as important as providing care. This course discusses the purpose of the medical record and documentation. It also describes documentation practices and legal standards that affect the certified nursing assistant.
This course provides direct care workers in post-acute care education on documentation and legal aspects of care.
Discuss the purpose of the medical record and documentation.
Identify at least two documentation practices used to avoid errors.
Explain the legal standards that affect the certified nursing assistant.
Quality Nursing Documentation in the Digital Age
This course reviews the concept of high-quality documentation and how it relates to technology and patient privacy. Most documentation takes place within electronic health records (EHRs) and healthcare professionals must understand how to practice high-quality documentation in the digital age. There are challenges with technology but also many exciting developments that can improve nurse documentation. This course reviews how healthcare professionals can reduce the risk of patient confidentiality breaches and cybercrimes.
Recall the criteria for high-quality documentation.
Describe technology’s impact on nursing documentation.
Identify privacy and security issues with documentation.
Review of Active Shooter Response
Though active shooter events are rare, it is practical and necessary to be well-prepared for the possibility, especially when you work with the public. Between 2010 and 2020, The Joint Commission (TJC) received 39 reports of active shootings that resulted in 39 deaths at accredited hospitals (TJC, 2021). As a result, the Center for Medicare Services (CMS) and TJC require hospitals to prepare for all hazards, including active shooter or hostage events, and to work with their local law enforcement and emergency response agencies to prepare for and respond to active shooter events. Understanding the risks and motivations behind active shooter events, how your body and mind may respond to stress, and how best to prepare for an active shooter event is the best way to protect yourself and others should the unthinkable occur in your facility.
Identify the definitions, signs, and trends of an active shooter event.
Discuss the appropriate response to an active shooter situation.
Evaluate ways in which training and preparation can be incorporated into institution protocols.
Understanding HIPAA for Licensed Professionals
The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was implemented in 1996 and has evolved significantly. While HIPAA regulations have many varying components, the part of HIPAA most relevant to healthcare professionals centers around protecting an individual’s healthcare information. Because you play a key role in the production of healthcare information, you play a key role in its protection.
This course aims to provide licensed professionals with an understanding of HIPAA, privacy, and security.
Describe the intent of HIPAA.
Apply professional practices that protect privacy.
Recognize practices that protect the security of electronic protected health information.
Writing Incident Reports
Writing incident reports is an important part of providing direct support services. Your reports help the person's support team respond effectively to their needs and keep them safe in the future.
The goal of this course is to teach DSPs in IDD settings the key elements of an incident report, why they are important, and how to write them effectively.
Recall the purpose and key elements of an incident report.
Identify strategies used to document and report incidents effectively.
Differentiate between effective and ineffective incident reports.