HIPAA Compliance

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act) is a comprehensive federal law that provides protection for the privacy of personal health information. This law passed the United States Congress in 1996, and was implemented in April 2003. Two provisions of the law, medical record privacy and the security provisions, directly affect health care professionals including pharmacy students.

These provisions mandate HIPAA privacy and security awareness training for all individuals who are engaged in the use of protected patient information (e.g., identifiable medical record and pharmacy record information) maintained by a health care provider (e.g., hospital, physician’s office), health care plan, or health care clearinghouse.

HIPAA Training (P1, P2, & P3 YEARS)
All incoming P1 students are required to complete the online HIPAA compliance training. This requirement is repeated in the P2 and P3 year as proof of the training is required by many rotation sites.

In the P4 year, students may have additional HIPPA compliance training requirements set forth from advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) learning sites. Specific site requirements are posted in E*Value, which is the rotation management system.