Privacy Ethics and HIPAA Fundamentals for Mental Health Professionals in the Agency or Group Practice Context

Unit 1: Understanding The Relationship Between Professional Mental Health Ethics and Security

Unit 2: Understanding HIPAA at the Introductory Level

Unit 3: Stopping Commonly Overlooked Behaviors

Module 1 Wrap-Up

Module 2: HIPAA and Client Privacy

Unit 1: Understanding Protected Health Information (PHI)

Unit 2: Understanding Disclosures and Releases

Unit 3: Maintaining Security While Coordinating Care and Releasing Info

Module 2 Wrap-Up

Module 3: Using the Practice’s Tech In the Clinician Role

Unit 1: Support the “Circle” of Secure Information

Unit 2: Following and Supporting BYOD Policies

Unit 3: Using the Practice’s Records and Communications Systems Securely

Unit 4: Understanding the Collaborative Risk Analysis for Client Communication

Module 3 Wrap-Up

Module 4: Participating in the Practices’ Risk Management Activity

Unit 1: Understanding Security Policies & Procedures

Unit 2: Supporting Office Safety

Unit 3: Supporting Contingency Plans

Module 4 Wrap-Up

Course Wrap Up

Syllabus

Getting Into the Security Mindset
- The relationship between professional mental health ethics and security
- Understanding HIPAA at the introductory level
- Confidentiality and availability in both HIPAA and professional ethical standards
- Common behaviors to avoid
HIPAA and Client Privacy
- What constitutes Protected Health Information (PHI)?
- Permitted and required disclosures and releases of PHI
- Communication with coordinating clinicians outside the practice
Using the Practice’s Tech in the Clinician Role
- Maintaining the practice’s “circle of secure information”
- Following and Supporting Bring Your Own Device Policies
- Using the practice’s records and communications setup securely
- Understanding the Collaborative Risk Analysis for Client Communication
Participating in the Practices’ Risk Management Activity
- Understanding Security Policies and Procedures
- Supporting Office Safety
- Supporting Contingency Plans