{"id":2748865,"date":"2019-08-06T13:29:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T18:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.stfrancis.edu\/?page_id=2748865"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:20:26","slug":"hipaa-compliance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/leach-college-of-nursing\/hipaa-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"HIPAA Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2748865\" class=\"elementor elementor-2748865\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63d5aa63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63d5aa63\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7da4d8d2\" data-id=\"7da4d8d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9620b6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9620b6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HIPAA Compliance<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cc26fe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cc26fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Important information for Nursing Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>As a student in the College of Nursing at the University of St. Francis, you are required to abide by the health information privacy requirements of a federal law called HIPAA. All clinical agencies require that students are trained and familiar with the HIPAA regulations.<\/p>\n\n<p>The following information is an overview of HIPAA and its implications to students in USF Nursing Programs. If you have questions regarding HIPAA that are not covered here, please contact your instructor for more information. Please review the review the College of Nursing policy on HIPAA violations and the HIPAA PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n\n<p>At the end of the presentation is an electronic link to an acknowledgement form, please be sure to complete the acknowledgement form. This acknowledgement will be placed in your academic files as evidence of completion of HIPAA training.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myusf.stfrancis.edu\/portal\/secure\/content\/22129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HIPAA Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HIPAA-PPT-05-21-19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HIPAA PowerPoint Presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>If the presentation does not play, you need to install <a href=\"https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/reader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adobe Acrobat Reader. <\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11c31c5\" data-id=\"11c31c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c5c7e elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"93c5c7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12ecf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-sidebar\" data-id=\"c12ecf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sidebar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><h2 class=\"sidebar-title\" style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Leach College of Nursing<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-left: 20px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/leach-college-of-nursing\/\">Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/leach-college-of-nursing\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youvis.it\/UmuAkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Tour<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIPAA Compliance Important information for Nursing Students As a student in the College of Nursing at the University of St. Francis, you are required to abide by the health information privacy requirements of a federal law called HIPAA. 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