Saturday, September 1, 2012

The New Texas Health Care Privacy Law (HB 300) and HIPAA/HITECH Compliance: What You Need To Know Now




Summary
This lesson is a knowledge-based CE activity and is targeted to pharmacists and technicians. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours of continuing education credit (0.1 CEUs). 

Texas Pharmacy Association (154) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program has been assigned ACPE number 0154-0000-12-012-L03 and is accredited for 1.0 Contact Hours (0.1 CEUs). 

Description: This program will cover existing Texas privacy laws and information on the new legislation. 

At the completion of this program, pharmacists and technicians will be able to:
  • Identify the key components and requirements of HIPAA and the new Texas health care privacy law for Texas pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacies and other Texas entities.
  • Appraise the significance of pharmacy accountability and potential enforcement, audit, and civil penalty consequences for privacy breaches.
  • Comply with federal and state privacy and security laws, regulations and rules for the protection of identifiable protected health information.
For more information on this seiminar click here.

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