HIPAA Crash Course: The Privacy Rule

Welcome to “HIPAA: The Privacy Rule,” a video lesson meant to describe how to handle protected health information (PHI) safely. This lesson is the second of four in the “HIPAA Crash Course,” which is intended to provide a quick but comprehensive look at HIPAA and how it’s applied to the workplace. From this lesson, you’ll learn about what qualifies as PHI and a couple of different methods for de-identifying the information. Plus, you’ll learn what information employees have access to according to the Privacy Rule and the minimum necessary standard. From this lesson, viewers will better understand what a notice of privacy practices must entail, as well as what information they need specific authorization to use and disclose.