HINF 4335 (4 credits)

Healthcare Cybersecurity (HINF)

This course will introduce students to information security risks facing the healthcare industry. Students will learn how to protect healthcare organizations and their patients’ data better. Students will learn about recent security breaches, the impact of those breaches on healthcare organizations, and all of the key players involved. This course also covers the evolution of healthcare IT and the continuously evolving risk and regulatory landscape. Students will explore regulations of HIPAA, NIST/ONC, HITECH, and Meaningful Use and how they relate to day-to-day operations in healthcare organizations. Additionally, this course will prepare students to support information security initiatives in order to protect the organization while furthering the advancement of healthcare IT capabilities. This is not a technical course; however, the course covers how security is impacted by technology and what one must do across technology to secure healthcare systems, organizations and patients. Preferred prerequisite: HINF 4301.

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Sections: Fall Quarter 2023

CRN 5262
Credits
4
Day/Time/Location
Format
Online Async
Instructor
Staynings, Richard

Sections: Spring Quarter 2023

CRN 5140
Credits
4
Day/Time/Location
Format
Online Async
Instructor
Dunbar Pam

Tuition Rate

Per Credit: $806

Additional Fees
Technology Fee: $4/credit hour for each class taken for credit
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