HIPAA Privacy, Security & Compliance Certificate Program
Complete a 10-module online workforce certificate program covering HIPAA privacy, security, patient rights, cybersecurity, ethics, enforcement, and real healthcare settings.
Prepare through a structured Addison LearningOS pathway
A 10-module online workforce certificate program covering HIPAA foundations, the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule, PHI, patient rights, healthcare cybersecurity, social media compliance, violations and enforcement, healthcare ethics, and setting-specific privacy and security practices. This is workforce compliance training, not a government-issued HIPAA certification.
Credential note: This is an Addison Institute workforce compliance certificate. It is not a government-issued HIPAA certification.
What students will be prepared to do
- Recognize and protect PHI and ePHI
- Apply Privacy Rule and Security Rule safeguards
- Support patient rights and minimum-necessary practices
- Respond appropriately to cybersecurity and social-media risks
- Complete a comprehensive 75-question final examination
Program modules at a glance
Protected slides, full lessons, quizzes, grades, and student progress remain inside the enrolled student portal.
Module 1: Introduction to HIPAA
Foundational HIPAA language, covered entities, business associates, PHI, ePHI, patient trust, and workforce responsibilities.
6 lessonsModule 2: HIPAA Privacy Rule
Permitted uses and disclosures, treatment/payment/operations, minimum necessary, authorization, reasonable safeguards, and workplace privacy decisions.
6 lessonsModule 3: HIPAA Security Rule
Administrative, physical, and technical safeguards protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI.
6 lessonsModule 4: Protected Health Information (PHI)
Recognizing PHI, identifiers, de-identification concepts, and daily safeguards across paper, verbal, visual, and electronic workflows.
5 lessonsModule 5: Patient Rights
Notice, access, amendment, restriction, confidential communications, accounting, authorization, complaint, and anti-retaliation rights.
5 lessonsModule 6: Healthcare Cybersecurity
Phishing, passwords, MFA, ransomware, mobile devices, secure messaging, remote work, social engineering, AI tools, and incident response.
6 lessonsModule 7: Social Media & HIPAA Compliance
Patient-image, testimonial, review-response, background-identifier, personal-account, and incident-response risks in online communication.
5 lessonsModule 8: Violations, Enforcement & Penalties
Common violations, complaints, investigations, corrective action, civil enforcement, criminal exposure, and prevention habits.
5 lessonsModule 9: Healthcare Ethics & Professional Conduct
Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, dignity, consent, boundaries, bias, communication, accountability, and ethical decision-making.
5 lessonsModule 10: HIPAA Across Healthcare Settings
Setting-specific HIPAA risks and safeguards across hospitals, clinics, dental offices, labs, pharmacies, EMS, home health, hospice, telehealth, and long-term care.
5 lessonsComprehensive Final Examination
75-question, 100-point final examination covering Modules 1-10. An overall score of 80% or higher is required.
1 lesson · 1 assessmentEnrollment requirements
Students create a secure account, provide the information and documents assigned to this program, pay through Stripe, and receive course access after verified payment.
- No document upload is currently required for this program
Designed for flexible healthcare career preparation
- Healthcare workers, students, administrators, contractors, business associates, and support staff who need structured HIPAA workforce compliance training.
Before you enroll
How is the program delivered?
The program is delivered online and is self-paced. Students access protected lessons, original curriculum slides, assessments, grades, and progress from the LearningOS student dashboard.
When does course access begin?
Course access activates after the student completes the program-specific enrollment information, uploads all required documents, and Stripe verifies full payment.
How are tests graded?
Objective quizzes and tests are graded automatically from approved answer keys. Written or practical activities may require instructor review.
Where do I enroll?
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