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This e-mail newsletter offers one in-depth tip every two weeks on how to train your health care staff on HIPAA compliance.

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HIPAA Training Advisor

Issue 13, March 31, 2008

• Q: Do physicians who use personal e-mail accounts to communicate with patients violate HIPAA by doing so?

  Q: Do physicians who use personal e-mail accounts to communicate with patients violate HIPAA by...

Issue 23, November 13, 2008

• Notice: Last issue of HIPAA Training Advisor

  HCPro is sorry to report that this is the last issue of HIPAA Training Advisor. We thank you for...

• Staff training is critical in preventing identity theft and complying with FTC Red Flags rule

  Although identity theft is often associated with exploited credit cards, patients can also be...

Issue 22, October 30, 2008

• Notice: Second to last issue of HIPAA Training Advisor

  HCPro is sorry to report that this is the second to last issue of HIPAA Training Advisor. We thank...

• HIPAA in the ER: Exceptions, suggestions for compliance in a chaotic clinical setting

  The emergency room (ER) is one place where unpre­dictability is the norm, where critical and...

Issue 21, October 16, 2008

• Reinforce e-mail security during training

  So minimize your facility’s risk of exposing PHI through e-mail by teaching staff members...

Issue 20, October 1, 2008

• Minimize mistakes when responding to the media

  It doesn’t matter whether your facility is located in a large U.S. metropolitan area or a...

Issue 19, September 18, 2008

• Avoid the 'dirty little secret' inside healthcare: Stop staff members from snooping

  Curiosity. Malice. Efficiency. Rivalry. To be helpful. To be hurtful. Because they have a brief...

Issue 18, September 4, 2008

• Train billing and coding staff members on HIPAA

  Coding and billing staff members don’t have much face-to-face interaction with patients, but...

Issue 17, August 21, 2008

• Medical identity theft an increasing challenge: Educate your staff to protect patients and your facility

  It’s a hot topic everywhere—in television commercials, movie plots, and on the nightly...

Issue 16, August 7, 2008

• Train patient access staff members on HIPAA

  Your patient access staff members are your organization’s gatekeepers, often the first to...

Issue 15, July 24, 2008

• HIPAA and the modern blended, extended family: Train staff members to deal with the seemingly limitless variables

  HIPAA and the modern blended, extended family: Train staff to deal with the seemingly limitless...

Issue 14, July 10, 2008

• Train your environmental services staff on HIPAA: Risks to consider and tactics to try

  Train your environmental services staff on HIPAA: Risks to consider and tactics to try

Issue 13, June 26, 2008

• Rule over HIPAA privacy and security compliance: Follow the wise advice of the 'HIPAA Queen'

  Rule over HIPAA privacy and security compliance: Follow the wise advice of the ‘HIPAA...

Issue 12, June 12, 2008

• Teach your physicians how to blog without violating patient privacy

  Teach your physicians how to blog without violating patient privacy

Issue 11, May 29, 2008

• Maximize your time when training upper management

  Maximize your time when training upper management

Issue 10, May 15, 2008

• Train your physicians on HIPAA privacy and security

  Train your physicians on HIPAA privacy and security

Issue 9, May 1, 2008

• Stop stumbling through your HIPAA privacy and security training

  Stop stumbling through your HIPAA privacy and security training: Expert advice for common concerns...

Issue 8, April 17, 2008

• Stop stumbling through your HIPAA privacy and security training: Expert advice for common concerns (part two of three)

  Stop stumbling through your HIPAA privacy and security training: Expert advice for common concerns...

Issue 7, April 3, 2008

• Stop stumbling through your HIPAA privacy and security training: Expert advice for common concerns (part one of three)

  Stop stumbling through your HIPAA privacy and security training: Expert advice for common concerns...

Issue 6, March 20, 2008

• HCPro, Inc. launches new logo and tagline as part of its new corporate branding initiative

  HCPro, Inc. launches new logo and tagline as part of its new corporate branding initiative

• Conquer privacy training at your LTC facility

  Conquer privacy training at your LTC facility

• Conquer privacy training at your LTC facility

  Conquer privacy training at your LTC facility

Issue 5, March 6, 2008

• Recognize common HIPAA myths and misconceptions: Whiteboards, storing records, and business associates

  Recognize common HIPAA myths and misconceptions: Whiteboards, storing records, and business...

Issue 4, February 21, 2008

• Recognize common HIPAA myths and misconceptions

  Recognize common HIPAA myths and misconceptions

Issue 3, February 7, 2008

• HIPAA training: Best practices for better success

  HIPAA training: Best practices for better success

Issue 2, January 24, 2008

• Balance patient privacy and medical research: Understand the limited data set and other options for PHI use and disclosure

  Balance patient privacy and medical research: Understand the limited data set and other options for...

Issue 1, January 10, 2008

• Monitor the health of your HIPAA security compliance

  Monitor the health of your HIPAA security compliance