OCR Offers Free Continuing Education Credits for Completion of HIPAA Access Right Training Module

On July 6, 2017, the Department of Health & Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the launch of a new video training module for health care providers on patients’ right of access under HIPAA. The OCR states that the “module provides helpful suggestions about how health care providers can integrate aspects of the HIPAA access right into medical practice.” Providers completing the module may obtain continuing education credits. The module is available via Medscape at: http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/876110 or via OCR’s Training and Resources webpage at: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/training/index.html.