HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The HIPAA training informs students about the requirements for patient confidentiality in the health care workplace. Hospitals require HIPAA training before students can job shadow. Anna Berg, a registered nurse at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, visited the Health Science class today and informed students about HIPAA.
Part of the Health Science class curriculum is to inform the students about careers in health care. With HIPAA training, Mr. Zavadil will be able to take the students into health care facilities on short field trips once a month.
