PRV-203Privacy & Data Protection

HIPAA in Practice for HealthTech and Business Associates

Business associates carry real HIPAA duties, and most learn that in an audit. Know what applies, what your BAA should say and how to apply minimum necessary in product design.

6 lessons About 3.5 hours 3 ALCs Certificate on completion

What you'll be able to do

  • Work out whether you're a business associate and what that brings
  • Review a business associate agreement for the terms that matter
  • Apply the minimum necessary standard in product design
  • Spot the gaps that most often lead to HIPAA problems
You finish with

A business associate obligations kit

What's in it. A BA obligations checklist, a BAA review guide and a minimum-necessary standard for product teams.

You build it lesson by lesson, using your own organization, and submit it for your certificate. It's yours to keep and adapt.

Who it's for

Compliance, security and product teams at HealthTech companies and other business associates.

What's inside

  1. Part 1Where the requirement comes from 20 min
  2. Part 2How small teams and enterprises meet it 17 min
  3. Part 3The method, step by step 20 min
  4. Part 4Hands-on lab: small team choose one 90 min
  5. Part 5Hands-on lab: enterprise choose one 120 min
  6. Part 6Finish and submit your deliverable 18 min

Built for your size

The requirement is the same everywhere. How you meet it depends on who you have. You pick the lab that matches your organization.

Small team or early-stageStart-up BA: one covered-entity customer dictates your controls.
EnterpriseYou are both CE and BA with subcontractor BAAs to manage.

How you earn the certificate

Submit your finished deliverable, which is scored against a published rubric, and pass a short scenario quiz. Your certificate goes to your wallet and can be checked by anyone on the public register.

Ready to build a business associate obligations kit?6 lessons, about 3.5 hours. Start whenever you're ready.
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