HIPAA

A federal law, known as "HIPAA" (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) requires health care providers to implement a comprehensive approach to protect the privacy of personal health information (PHI). There are nine parts to HIPAA, but our immediate compliance will focus on three areas:

Privacy Rule:
The Privacy Rule regulates the use and distribution of identifiable health information and gives individuals the right to determine and restrict access to their health information. Compliance with HIPAA's privacy regulations will be required beginning April 14, 2003. Substantial penalties, both civil and criminal, may be imposed for noncompliance.

Security Rule:
The HIPAA Security Rule mandates that reasonable and appropriate technical, physical, and administrative safeguards be implemented with electronic identifiable health information. We must ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all electronic protected health information we create, receive, maintain or transmit. Compliance date for the Security Rule is October 16, 2003.

How does HIPAA impact UND and the College of Nursing?
HIPAA has impact on UND and the College of Nursing in several ways. Patient/client records, human subject research records, and marketing demographics contain personal health information as identified in the HIPAA privacy regulation.

HIPAA Training

I. http://www.nursing.und.edu/hipaa_osha.cfm

II. Directions

1. Go to:http://smhs.med.und.nodak.edu/UNDSMHS/AcademicAffairs/HIPAA/hipaatraining.html
2. Click on the Web Link: HIPAA Training
3. User ID: EMPLID Number (your student ID without the w)
4. Password: hello
5. After completing the training, exit the site; confirmation will be sent to Val Krogstad.

For more information, contact:
Pam Henderson, Graduate Student Service Specialist
pamhenderson@mail.und.edu
701-777-4552

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