Continuing Education

WSHIMA offers numerous continuing education offerings through face-to-face meetings, live audio conferences/webinars, as well as on demand (recorded) events.

Current Events

COVID-19 Response: Emerging Best Practices for Health Information Disclosure Management

Health information access and disclosure management practices are impacted by the urgent need to distance workers, modify access processes, and innovate to maintain and improve services. This webinar brings together the lessons being learned in real-time by health systems across the country.

Previous Events

New EHR Interoperability Regulations

HIM professionals will soon be in the middle of significant industry change. CMS and ONC regulations will require healthcare organizations to provide electronic healthcare information (EHI) to patients and other healthcare providers commencing January 2021.  Reluctant EHR vendors must open their systems to external queries or be subject to substantial fines as part of new “anti-blocking” regulations.

OCR – HIPAA Policy Guidance under COVID-19

Overview of HIPAA Policy and recent OCR Guidance under COVID-19.  Highlights of breach notifications and recent enforcement activity will also be covered.

OCR – HIPAA Updates & New Guidance

Office for Civil Rights provides updates and new guidance on HIPAA.  Topics covered include the following:

• Individual patient access
• Obligation details
• Recent settlements and penalties
• Direct liability of Business Associates
• Common reoccurring compliance issues
• Recommended best practices

Speakers Bureau

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