HIPAA Training Guide: Why People Are Your Weak Link

Hence, HIPAA training is paramount.

But how do you teach something you yourself don’t understand?  That’s where Petronella Technology Group (PTG) comes in!

You likely googled us because HIPAA causes you anxiety.  Lucky for you, HIPAA doesn’t give US anxiety… In fact, we here at PTG laugh in the face of HIPAA auditors!  Well, not literally, because that would be rude – and we are good people.

But what we mean is that we understand HIPAA, so we no longer fear it.  We’ve taken the time to learn the ins and outs of HIPAA, and now we dance in time with it instead of shivering in the corner, scared it will ask us to dance. We can get you to the other side of the maze, where we are.

We don’t say this to brag.  We say this so that you understand just how important HIPAA training is for not only yourself but for every single person in your practice. Once you have mastered this knowledge, you will feel so accomplished, and you’ll dare the OCR to audit you.  You remember that feeling you would get when you would do your homework the night before and you couldn’t wait for the teacher to call on you?  Mastering HIPAA feels just like that. But better.

• Do they know about secure passwords, and do they have privacy screens so patients can’t see what they type?
• Do they know about links, to click or not to click?
• Do they know to lock the file cabinet that holds patient files?
• Do they know how to report a breach?
• Do they know when to report a breach?
• Do they know how fast they need to report a breach?
• Do they know who they can release patient records to, and what they can release?
• Do they know what permissions they need in order to release information?
• Do they have their Alexa and Siri turned off, so they are not violating HIPAA privacy laws, as these entities are always listening?
• Do they know what security they need to have in place on their personal devices when they access your network?
• Do they know what HITECH is?