HIPAA Training

Training and Education

New Hire HIPAA Privacy and Security Essentials Training

New Hire HIPAA Training must be completed by all new faculty, staff, and students within 30 days of UNI creation.

Training Assignment Criteria:

  • If you are a New Hire or an existing workforce member who did not complete the New Hire HIPAA Privacy and Security Essentials training, you need to complete the New Hire HIPAA Privacy and Security Essentials Training.
  • If the New Hire training is not assigned to you, do not click 'ADD TO PLAN'
  • Contact privacy@cumc.columbia.edu (link sends e-mail) for additional information.

Training Notification:

Link to the Course:

Reports:

  • Compliance reports for the New Hire training will be emailed to Department Administrators and Student Deans or their designee on a monthly basis.
  • The following document may be helpful for managers to run their SABA training reports: How to Run Reports as an Organization Manager Job Aid

Compatibility Guidelines:

  • Do not access the course from mobile devices (e.g., tablet, phone, iPad)
  • Update to the latest version of your browser, and if possible, avoid using Safari on Mac

Questions:

  • For all technical questions, contact the 5HELP Service Desk at 212-305-HELP (4357) or 5help@columbia.edu.
  • If you are required to complete HIPAA training and no course has been assigned to you in ELMS, please contact privacy@cumc.columbia.edu

Annual Privacy and Security Briefing

The Briefing content is updated annually to include current Privacy and Information Security regulations that govern Columbia, in addition to information related to Columbia University policies.

Training Assignment Criteria:

  • If you attended the live session and viewed at least 30 minutes of the Briefing, you will receive completion credit in ELMS.
  • If you already completed the New Hire HIPAA Privacy and Security Essentials training, and your department requires to you to complete annual HIPAA training, please log into ELMS with your UNI and password to view the Annual Privacy and Security Briefing.  Please note, the Briefing video must be viewed in its entirety to receive completion credit.
  • Please contact privacy@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail) for additional information.

To Print Certificate of Completion:

  • Log into ELMS with your UNI and password to the Annual Privacy and Security Briefing, and then “Print Certificate” next to the training certificate you want to print. If your pop-up blocker is on, please select the option that will allow for the removal of the pop-up blocker for this instance. 


Online HIPAA Training for Researchers

The purpose of this training is to educate faculty, staff, and students engaged in human subjects’ research on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule requirements and to provide information required for researcher to assure their research activities are compliant with HIPAA requirements.

The online training for researchers is available at: RASCAL HIPAA Training (TC0019)

Additional Training and Education Information

The Privacy Office provides supplemental training based on new regulatory requirements, department or program requests, annual risk assessment findings, breach assessments in addition to revisions to  policies and procedures.

To request training, contact the Privacy Office via email at privacy@cumc.columbia.edu

 

Resources

View additional information available under the resources tab of the Privacy website.