For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But as you’ve seen in the news, respiratory disease pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses or influenza, are something else. They often involve new strains of viruses to which people have developed no immunity. These kinds of viruses can spread quickly and widely, and they can pose a major global health threat. That’s why you need to know about acute respiratory illness pandemics and how to prepare for them. The main objective of this course is to make you aware of the risks of pandemics, the potential problems we could all face should we be hit with a pandemic, and the precautions you would need to take to keep you, your family, and your patients safe.

The Corporate Compliance Online Learning library includes the following courses:

• Corporate Compliance for Coders, Billers, and the HIM Staff
• Corporate Compliance for Nurses and Clinical Staff
• Corporate Compliance for Nutrition, Environmental Services, and Volunteer Staff
• Corporate Compliance for Physicians
• Corporate Compliance for the Executive, Administrative, and Corporate Staff
• Corporate Compliance for the Registration and Front Office Staff

The HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning library includes the following courses:

• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Executive, Administrative, and Corporate Staff
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Business Associates
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Nutrition, Environmental Services, and Volunteer Staff
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Coders, Billers, and the HIM Staff
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Nurses and Clinical Staff
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for Physicians
• HIPAA Privacy and Security for the Registration and Front Office Staff

Course Objectives

The HIPAA Privacy and Security Online Learning Library will enable learners to:

• Describe how the HITECH Act affects covered entities and business associates
• Summarize how to protect patient privacy
• Explain patient rights for accessing, amending, and updating their medical information
• Determine whether disclosures of PHI are acceptable
• Protect confidential health information by following proper security procedures both in the organization and off-site
• Create effective passwords to protect electronic information
• Identify which information is protected by HIPAA
• Prevent identity theft by identifying red flags as required by the Red Flags Rule

In this overview of Compensation and Benefits in the Healthcare Industry, you will learn about different compensation plans and benefits as they relate to health insurance, retirement, and leave programs. We’ll also touch on why it’s important for you, as a healthcare facility administrator, to be aware of the benefits offered at your facility.

In an industry where decisions can mean the difference between life and death, the excessive turnover rate that often plagues the healthcare industry is a serious problem. Today, we’ll discuss how your facility can beat that trend by reducing turnover and increasing employee morale. You’ll learn what causes high turnover and why it’s bad for your organization. You’ll also learn how to retain great employees and simple ways to keep them happy and engaged.

Good training practice is critical in health care, because employee performance has a direct impact on the well-being of your patients. During this session, we’ll discuss how to assess training needs and how to develop effective training sessions. You’ll also learn best training practices when it comes to training new employees before they begin work, when they first begin work, and beyond.

By the time the session is over, you should be able to understand the purpose of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, identify covered entities, determine basic requirements of the rule, follow policies and procedures to protect patients’ health information, and use the HIPAA Privacy Rule to protect your own health information.

This training session is an overview of HR Laws in Health Care. During this session, we’ll discuss the human resources (HR) laws and regulations that you must be familiar with in order to effectively do your job as a healthcare facility administrator. The HR laws we are going to discuss in this training session fall under nine basic categories. Not complying with these laws can lead to costly lawsuits and noncompliance fines, so it’s important that you know and understand them.

This training session will help you understand why the most effective way to handle claims is to prevent them. We’ll look at how you can do that, as well as the differences between employment-based claims and insurance claims. We’ll also touch on why it’s important for you, as a healthcare administrator, to be familiar with the laws that protect your facility and your workers.

This training session focuses on hiring legally in the healthcare industry. During this session, we’ll discuss how to evaluate job applicants based on job-related criteria and how to conduct all phases of the hiring process to avoid discrimination. We’ll also discuss the importance of various fair employment laws and why handling all aspects of your hiring practice fairly and appropriately will go a long way to improving the success of your organization.

Unions can have a big impact on the healthcare field, so it’s important that those in Human Resources as well as supervisors and managers understand employer rights and restrictions under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This course will explain the laws and regulations surrounding unions and what you need to know to protect your facility and also protect the rights of your workers.
By the end of this training session, you will be able to identify the basic provisions and prohibitions of the NLRA, distinguish the rights of employers and employees under the Act, recognize the influence of unions in the workplace, and understand how the NLRA and union contracts may affect your relations with employees.
Duration: 18 minutes.

In the healthcare field, where decisions have a direct impact on the lives of your patients, conducting performance evaluations is one of the most valuable tools you can use to not only track your staff’s competence but also to help them grow and develop as great employees. In this session, we’ll discuss how to prepare for your staff’s performance evaluations and how to measure their performance. You’ll also learn how to conduct an evaluation meeting and how to handle employee performance moving forward.

During this session, we’ll discuss the pressures of working in the healthcare field, the mental health issues that can arise from those pressures, and the benefits of personnel counseling when it comes to dealing with them. You’ll understand what it takes to build a successful counseling program and then learn a little about stress and how to deal with it. You’ll also learn about making your staff aware of your counseling program before finally learning how to handle staff complaints—along with the importance of ethics in counseling.

During this session, we’ll discuss all the aspects of good recruiting practice. In an industry as important as health care, where workers are responsible for caring for others, good recruiting practice is critical. We’ll discuss not only how to find employee prospects but also how to find those who will be the best fit. We’ll also discuss the hiring process on through to getting your new hire on board. Duration 15 minutes.

As an administrator, safety is a huge concern and a tremendous responsibility for you. In this session, we will look at safety risks in your healthcare facility—including how to identify infectious medical waste, how to handle and dispose of it, and how to prevent and react to hazardous exposures. Duration 21 minutes.

In this training session on tracking credentialing and training of healthcare employees, we’ll discuss your staff’s training and continuing education responsibilities as they relate to keeping their certifications and licenses current. Then you’ll learn how to keep track of your staff’s credentials by properly collecting, organizing, and verifying them. Duration 18 minutes.

For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But as you’ve seen in the news, respiratory disease pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses or influenza, are something else. They often involve new strains of viruses to which people have developed no immunity. These kinds of viruses can spread quickly and widely, and they can pose a major global health threat. That’s why you need to know about acute respiratory illness pandemics and how to prepare for them. The main objective of this course is to make you aware of the risks of pandemics, the potential problems we could all face should we be hit with a pandemic, and the precautions you would need to take to keep you, your family, and your patients safe.

Many people struggle to juggle a full-time job while also caring for young children, aging parents, and other responsibilities on a daily basis. It can feel like there are not enough hours in a day—that there are too many responsibilities at work and at home—and that you can’t complete tasks in either place—many people feel this way. This online employee wellness course helps trainees manage home and work responsibilities, stress, and daily expectations. The benefits to you, the employer, are numerous, from lower healthcare costs to increased employee productivity.

The main objective of this training session is to help you communicate effectively with employees about workplace emergencies. By the time the session is over, you should be able to communicate effectively before an emergency; communicate effectively during an emergency; and communicate effectively after an emergency. The first part of the session will address communication before emergencies to prepare employees to respond effectively in an actual emergency. The second part will cover communication during and after an emergency.

The objective of this training session is to teach you the basics of effective communication in the workplace. At the end of the training session, you will be able to identify the benefits of effective communication; recognize obstacles to effective communication; enhance your communication skill; and communicate more effectively on the job.

Fires, extreme weather, hazardous chemical spills and releases, acts of terrorism, pandemics, explosions, workplace violence—these unfortunate disasters do happen—often bringing with them destruction, injuries, and sometimes even death. This course provides information about how employees can prepare for a disaster in the workplace and how to react if one should happen. It describes how to prevent some types of workplace disasters from happening, how employees’ actions can reduce the catastrophic results of other disasters, and what steps employees should take if a disaster does occur. By the end of the training, you will be able to identify the disasters that have the potential to occur at your workplace; implement the measures needed to prevent the occurrence of certain events such as chemical spills and explosions; recognize the actions you can take to prevent a worst-case scenario; and conduct an effective evacuation from your facility.

The main objective of this session is to help you ensure that your home is safe. By the time the session is over, you will be able to understand the importance of home safety; identify hazards in your home; eliminate or minimize them; and keep your home and your family safe and secure.

This presentation will cover how important it is that families be concerned about health. Preventive care, nutrition, exercise, and other factors play important roles. And especially for children, good health is essential—for them, now is the time when growth happens, some diseases may begin, and health habits are set for life.

As the workforce becomes more diversified and employers struggle to cope with the demands of a rapidly changing marketplace, these arrangements are becoming more popular and more common.

The main objective of this course is to provide you with the information you need to successfully perform while telecommuting and in other alternative work arrangements, and to make the most of what they have to offer you and the organization.

As the workforce becomes more diversified and employers struggle to cope with the demands of a rapidly changing marketplace, these arrangements are becoming more popular and more common.

The main objective of this course is to provide you with the information you need to successfully supervise telecommuters and other alternative work arrangements and to make the most of what they have to offer you, your employees, and the organization.

For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But as you’ve seen in the news, respiratory disease pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses or influenza, are something else. They often involve new strains of viruses to which people have developed no immunity. These kinds of viruses can spread quickly and widely, and they can pose a major global health threat. That’s why you need to know about acute respiratory illness pandemics and how to prepare for them. The main objective of this course is to make you aware of the risks of pandemics, the potential problems we could all face should we be hit with a pandemic, and the precautions you would need to take to keep you, your family, and your patients safe.

This training session will teach your employees to identify risks of bloodborne pathogen (BBP) exposure, understand the requirements of the facility’s exposure control plan and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, prevent exposure by taking proper precautions, and take effective action in the event of an exposure.

The main objective of this session is to help employees and supervisors recognize electrical hazards on the job, take the proper precautions to protect themselves from electrical shocks and burns, and to protect the facility from electrical fires. Participants will learn how to identify electrical hazards, prevent shocks, prevent electrical fires, respond to problems with electrical equipment, understand why lockout/tagout is necessary and how it is performed, and respond effectively in an emergency involving electricity.

This course teaches your staff to identify workplace hazards that could cause an emergency, report emergencies promptly, carry out emergency responsibilities, evacuate quickly and safely, and respond to emergency situations effectively.

This interactive course helps employees identify ergonomic risk factors on the job, recognize the signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), lift and carry objects safely, and take other precautions to prevent ergonomic injuries.

By the time the session is over, you should be able to understand the purpose of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, identify covered entities, determine basic requirements of the rule, follow policies and procedures to protect patients’ health information, and use the HIPAA Privacy Rule to protect your own health information.

The main objective of this session is to help you handle medical waste safely and dispose of it properly. By the time the session is over, you should be able to understand medical waste risks, identify types of medical waste, handle wastes safely and dispose of them properly, take appropriate steps to prevent exposures, and report exposures and get a medical evaluation.

This online hazard communication training course is designed for healthcare workers who may be exposed or potentially exposed to hazardous chemicals. This course will teach employees about the possible dangers of the hazardous chemicals that they use on the job and how they can protect themselves against those hazards. Healthcare facilities contain many different chemicals and chemical products, many of which can pose health hazards as well as present physical hazards, such as fires and explosions.

In this online training session, employees will learn how to identify patient-handling hazards, understand basic rules for safe patient lifts and transfers, use mechanical lifting and transferring equipment to avoid back injuries, prepare properly for patient lifts and transfers, and use safe techniques in a variety of patient life and transfer situations.

The main objective of this session is to help you avoid slip, trip, and fall hazards and prevent accidents. By the time this session is over, you will be able to recognize slips, trips, and falls as a serious safety problem; identify slip, trip, and fall hazards on the job; avoid and eliminate slip and trip hazards; use stairs and ladders safely to avoid falls; and minimize injuries if you do fall.

By the time this session is over, you should be able to realize the risks; identify risk factors; understand the effects of workplace violence; take effective measures to prevent violence; recognize signs of impending violence; and protect yourself in violent situations.

The main objective of this session is to make sure that you know what you need to do to protect your safety and health on the job. By the time this session is over, you should be able to understand the Chemical Hygiene Plan, identify laboratory hazards, take proper precautions to protect yourself, and act effectively in an emergency.

The main objective of this session is to provide you with the information you need to use personal protective equipment (PPE) effectively to protect against job hazards. By the time the session is over, you will be able to recognize the importance of PPE to your safety and health; identify job hazards that require the use of PPE; select appropriate PPE for the task you’re performing; inspect and fit your PPE properly; remove and dispose of PPE safely; and maintain PPE in good, safe condition.

The main objective of this session is to make you aware of the risks of flu pandemics, the potential problems we could all face should we be hit with a pandemic, and the precautions you would need to take to keep yourself and your family safe. By the time the session is over, you should be able to understand what a pandemic is, recognize the risks, identify flu symptoms, prevent the spread of infection, prepare for and deal with a pandemic at work and at home, and know what to do if you get sick.

By the time the session is over, you should be able to recognize respiratory hazards in your job; identify and use appropriate respiratory protection; get a good, safe fit when using a respirator; and inspect, maintain, and store respirators properly. Duration 17 minutes.

A little bit of stress can keep us on our toes and give us the adrenaline we need to get through tough situations. But when stress becomes persistent or excessive, it can create problems—both at work and at home. And even worse—it can take a toll on your physical and mental health. During this session we’ll learn about what causes stress, how much is too much, and lots of things you can do to make it more manageable for you.

Can you identify the signs of workplace violence and the risks of a violent incident happening at your workplace and know how to defuse the situation? Workers in hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare settings face significant threats of violence, and there are factors that contribute to this risk, including working directly with people who have a history of violence or who may be delirious or under the influence of drugs.  This presentation will train workers in healthcare facilities in California to recognize the signs of violence and the risk factors that can lead to violent acts and deal effectively and safely with threats and incidents of workplace violence. This course is designed to meet the requirements of California’s Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care rule, but it can be adopted by any healthcare facility that adopts the California rule as their own policy.  When the training is completed, trainees will be able to identify the risks and causes of workplace violence, recognize potential perpetrators of violence, spot the signs of violence, respond effectively to threats and violent acts, and report any violent or uncomfortable situation immediately. Duration: 23 Minutes