Healthcare data breaches are rising, and the professionals who prevent them need more than awareness. They need the practical skills to act. This SkillUp course teaches you how to implement healthcare data privacy controls across real-world workflows and systems. You will apply technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect patient data throughout its lifecycle, conduct privacy risk assessments, and respond to incidents and breaches in line with HIPAA and GDPR requirements. The course also prepares you to evaluate privacy risks in AI-enabled healthcare, telehealth, interoperability, and social media. Through scenario-based activities, you will practice making privacy decisions that reflect regulatory expectations and operational realities. Designed for Data Protection Officers, Compliance Officers, Privacy Officers, Health Information Managers, IT Managers, and healthcare leaders, this course helps you translate privacy requirements into action and build a stronger compliance culture within your organization.

Healthcare Data Privacy Practices for Regulatory Compliance

Healthcare Data Privacy Practices for Regulatory Compliance
This course is part of Data Privacy and Protection for Healthcare Specialization


Instructors: SkillUp
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Intermediate level
Recommended experience
7 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
Design practical privacy controls for healthcare workflows, including secure data handling and data minimization
Apply organizational procedures to prevent, detect, and respond to healthcare data privacy incidents
Evaluate privacy risks from patient data access, use, and sharing across EHRs, AI solutions, telehealth, and social media
Apply appropriate privacy controls and response actions to common healthcare data privacy scenarios
Skills you'll gain
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Data Security
- Risk Analysis
- Personally Identifiable Information
- Regulatory Compliance
- Health Care
- Interoperability
- Emerging Technologies
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Risk Management
- Incident Response
- Health Information Management
- Medical Privacy
- Responsible AI
- Security Controls
- Telehealth
- Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance
- Computer Security Incident Management
- Information Privacy
- Data Governance
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May 2026
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This course is part of the Data Privacy and Protection for Healthcare Specialization
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