Audience
All employees in the UW Health Care Component (UW HCC)*
Required
Annually
Format
Online
Description
Protecting health information is an essential responsibility of every member of the UW HCC workforce. UW-Madison is committed to ensuring that the protected health information (PHI) of its patients and research subjects is continuously kept confidential and secure.
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General Training Requirement
All members of the UW-Madison workforce in the UW Health Care Component (UW HCC)* must complete UW-Madison’s online HIPAA training prior to accessing protected health information and annually thereafter. See HIPAA Policy 9.1 for more information.
Registration
If you are a student in, employed by, volunteer with, or have a direct appointment with any of the following units, or are required to complete the UW training as a result of your affiliation with one of those units, you should submit a Registration Request so the appropriate Privacy Coordinator may register you for the training.
- UW School of Medicine and Public Health*
- School of Pharmacy*
- School of Nursing
- University Health Services
- State Laboratory of Hygiene
- Waisman Center*
- Athletics Department
*All members of SMPH, the School of Pharmacy, and the Waisman Center complete HIPAA training, even if not expressly included in the UW HCC.