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Health Care and Information Security Threats
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Health Care and Information Security Threats
Course Description
As health care providers continue to leverage technology to improve patient care and services, the need to carefully protect data grows greater. This course will explore current and emerging trends in health care security, privacy, and regulatory compliance. It will discuss the challenges of maintaining secure health information technology networks, the current regulatory framework for health information security, including HIPPA, and the tools available to heath care leaders to be guardians of sensitive patient information.
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Target Audience
This CME activity is intended for physicians and other health care leaders who wish to explore current and emerging trends in health care security, privacy and regulatory compliance. . This is a course in the Health IT Leadership Certificate and an elective course in the degree and certification prerequisite curriculum.
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Course Objectives »
- Examine security and privacy concerns arising from nationwide electronic medical records systems
- Learn reasonable and appropriate electronic protected healthcare information safeguards
- Describe risk based health care governance models and recognized practices to comply with the intent of HIPAA and other regulatory demands
- Examine the relationship between DHHS,CMS, the Office for Civil Rights, the FTC and how regulatory compliance is being enforced
CME
InterAct Express (self study) - 3 CME
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships and Potential Conflicts of Interest
Consistent with ACPE CME policies, everyone involved in the development, management, presentation and evaluation of this CME activity has provided full disclosure information, and there are no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Faculty Credentials
Greg Porter, MS, CISM
H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University
Method of Physician Participation
InterAct Express (self-study) - To earn CME credit, you must watch all the lectures for this course (web only), and read the course materials. Estimated time to complete course- 3 hours.
Evaluation Method
Each ACPE CME activity includes an evaluation process to determine that the learning objectives have been met and that the activity was of educational value to the target audience and was unbiased. The evaluation also assesses whether or not the CME activity resulted in a change in physician practice behavior and offers participants a method of feedback.
Course formats and materials
InterAct Express (self-study): course lectures and readings on the web, there are no materials shipped, this course is completely online only. There is no online discussion or assignments for Express.
Interact Requirements
System: Microsoft Windows 2000 or later / Mac OS X v10.4 or later
Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 or later / Safari 3.x or later / Firefox 3.x Windows.
(Firefox for Macintosh is NOT supported)
 Flash and Adobe Reader required.
Accreditation — The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation — The American College of Physician Executives designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Original Course Release Date (InterAct distance education only) — April 2011.
Course Termination Date (InterAct distance education only) — April 2014.
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