The annual HIPAA training has been developed to reflect current best practices, including sections focused on research and use cases involving Protected Health Information at the University of Arizona.
Faculty, staff, designated campus colleagues, and students who regularly engage with health information or support teams or systems that interact with health information, are required to take the HIPAA Certification annually. Other individuals who may be interested in learning about HIPAA can also register for course.
- Go to the HIPAA Certification page on EDGE and login with your UA NetID and password.
- Select "Register" and "Complete Registration".
- Select "Launch" and complete the training by viewing 100% of the module and answering the knowledge check questions throughout the course.
If you are required to take the HIPAA training but would like to request an exception based on your individual circumstance, you can complete this form. University Privacy will review your request and respond promptly.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Your role at the U of A requires you to take the HIPAA Privacy and Security training on an annual basis. Your assignment to this training is based on one of the following designations:
Faculty, staff and designated campus colleagues who regularly engage with health information or with systems that contain health information.
Students in the colleges of health sciences.
Other individuals who support teams that manage HIPAA programs and information systems, including administrative and research roles.
It will take most individuals about 20 minutes to complete this training.
You will not lose access to the University's network if you do not complete the training. However, you may lose access to certain applications or tools (e.g., Box Health and Oncore) if your training is overdue.
Our goal is to offer training that is informative and will help you know how to be compliant as you encounter and handle health information. After you take the training, if you would like to provide feedback that you believe may help improve the training, please complete this form. You can also email University Privacy directly (hipaaprivacy@arizona.edu).
No. University Privacy and EDGE Learning will receive monthly a list of individuals who have completed the Banner training. We will mark those individuals in EDGE as complete. If you have completed the Banner training but the EDGE system has not been updated or if it is still requiring you to take the U of A training, complete the exception form and upload a copy of your Banner training certificate.
Yes. To request an exemption from the HIPAA training, complete this form. Once submitted, your request will be reviewed by the HIPAA Privacy Program.
To get access to the EDGE Learning platform, you will need to be a U of A student, employee, or Designated Campus Colleague (DCC). If you need access to one of the tools that requires you to take the HIPAA training, but you are not currently a student, employee, or DCC, you will need to become a DCC.
Please reach out to University Privacy (hipaaprivacy@arizona.edu) for questions related to the content of the training. If you are having problems accessing the training, please contact the EDGE Learning team (edge-learning@email.arizona.edu).
To learn more about requirements to protect substance use disorder information, you can take the 42 CFR Part 2 training. All employees are also required to take the mandatory annual Information Security Awareness training. If you would like to request a HIPAA or general privacy training, either for yourself, your department, or your students, please contact University Privacy (hipaaprivacy@arizona.edu).