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Data Security and Privacy: Safeguarding Healthcare Data & Ensuring Compliance

Data Security and Privacy: Safeguarding Healthcare Data & Ensuring Compliance

Learn the essential strategies for protecting sensitive healthcare data. This course covers data security best practices, regulatory compliance (HIPAA, GDPR), and effective management of patient information to ensure privacy and mitigate risks.

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Made in English
Last updated at Thu Sep 2024
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Total lectures 70
Total quizzes 0
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Short description Learn the essential strategies for protecting sensitive healthcare data. This course covers data security best practices, regulatory compliance (HIPAA, GDPR), and effective management of patient information to ensure privacy and mitigate risks.
Outcomes
  • Understand Data Security and Privacy Laws: Gain a thorough understanding of key healthcare privacy regulations, including HIPAA, GDPR, and other relevant laws, and learn how they apply to your organization.
  • Implement Best Practices for Data Management: Be able to develop and enforce data management protocols to protect sensitive healthcare information from breaches, loss, or unauthorized access.
  • Conduct Risk Assessments: Learn how to perform data security risk assessments, identify vulnerabilities, and mitigate risks in your organization.
  • Ensure Regulatory Compliance: Develop strategies for maintaining compliance with evolving privacy laws and reporting requirements to regulatory bodies.
  • Respond to Data Breaches: Master the process of preparing for and responding to data breaches, including how to notify affected parties and minimize potential damage.
  • Protect Electronic Health Records (EHRs): Learn best practices for securing and managing EHRs to ensure patient privacy and data integrity.
  • Foster a Security-Conscious Culture: Gain the skills to train staff and build a culture of security awareness within your healthcare organization.
Requirements
  • Basic Computer Skills: Familiarity with using a computer, accessing online resources, and working with healthcare systems (e.g., EHRs) is helpful.
  • Access to a Computer or Mobile Device: To view course materials, watch video lectures, and complete quizzes and assignments.
  • Internet Connection: Since this is an online course, you will need reliable internet access to stream content and download resources.
  • Interest in Healthcare or IT Security: This course is ideal for those who are involved in healthcare data management or IT and want to deepen their understanding of data security and privacy compliance.

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