More Free Training and New OCR Action – Ep 408 

In the fast-paced world of healthcare, where even your stethoscope can connect to the internet, cybersecurity training for everyone is an absolute must. But fear not, brave healthcare professional! There is free cybersecurity training online! Listen in and we will tell you all about two great cybersecurity training options for workforce members and clinicians.

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More Free Training and New OCR Action – Ep 408

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HIPAA Say What!?!

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Investigation with Arkansas Business Associate MedEvolve Following Unlawful Disclosure of Protected Health Information on an Unsecured Server for $350,000

MedEvolve provides CEs practice management, revenue cycle management and practice analytics software services. A software company BA which is not our most common case for these settlements so far. The investigation into an unsecured FTP server found that they did not do a sufficient SRA nor had they entered into a business associate agreement (BAA) with a subcontractor.

Get the details of the case and the corrective action plan requirements in the resolution agreement. MedEvolve, Inc. Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan | HHS.gov

405(d) Free Training

The 5 cybersecurity training modules are:

1. Social Engineering
2. Ransomware
3. Loss or Theft of Equipment and Data
4. Insider Accidental or Malicious Data Loss
5. Attacks Against Network Connected Medical Devices

This free training comes with two pieces of collateral:

• Job Aids – one page documents with key tips and instructional steps related to the topic that can be used as an “on-the-job” resource tool.
• PowerPoint Presentation – all the slides used in the training videos with speaker notes that you can use for your own in-person or on-site training.

HSCC Free Training

Welcome to the “Cybersecurity for the Clinician” Video Training Series.

Direct link to YouTube course playlist

The Cybersecurity for Clinicians course contains 8 episodes:

0. Introduction
1. Cyber Safety is Patient Safety
2. Healthcare is Critical Infrastructure
3. Impacts and Consequences
4. How They Do It
5. Medical Device Cybersecurity
6. Tips for Protection
7. After An Attack
8. Conclusion

This course is specifically designed to talk to a clinician about the importance of cybersecurity. It explains in easy, non-technical language what clinicians and students in the medical profession need to understand about how cyber attacks can affect clinical operations and patient safety, and how to do your part to help keep healthcare data, systems and patients safe from cyber threats.

And you can get it all for FREE!

So, there you have it folks. You can’t say that training is too expensive. Here are two free options you have and you can use it however you want. And don’t forget National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is coming up in October that will include even more free training tools you can use.

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