A new DPE320: HIPAA and Protected Health Information (U-M login required) course is available for faculty and staff who may interact with Protected Health Information (PHI) as part of their normal job activities.
DPE320 provides an accessible and engaging experience that should take less than 20 minutes to complete. The course covers:
- HIPAA’s privacy and security rules.
- The importance of HIPAA compliance.
- Your role in safeguarding PHI.
- Appropriately accessing and sharing PHI.
- Identifying and reporting HIPAA breaches, violations, and related concerns.
The introductory data protection course of DCE101: Cybersecurity and Data Protection at U-M, which is now required for all employees, is a prerequisite for DPE320.
Note that the DPE110: Data Protection for Unit IT course also provides a basic introduction to HIPAA, and is intended for IT professionals who may have access to PHI data. The more advanced-level DPE320 is designed for administrative and health care professionals in academic units outside of Michigan Medicine.
