Rowan’s Division of Information Resources & Technology with the Office of Compliance and Corporate Integrity provides HIPAA Compliance 101 training for medical students through our vendor KnowBe4. Employees will be assigned HIPAA training via Technomedia/Cegid. This brief course focuses on the basic provisions of HIPAA, the HITECH Act and the Omnibus Rule with respect to protecting, transmitting, storing and disposing Protected Health Information (PHI).

If you need to take the advanced HIPAA training courses such as OCCI 103 (Rowan University HIPAA Privacy & Security Compliance Training) or OCCI 109 (HIPAA Medical Research Privacy & Security Compliance Training), please contact the SOM Office of Compliance and Corporate Integrity using the contact information from https://sites.rowan.edu/somcompliance/about/contact.html

How to I take HIPAA Compliance 101?

You will receive an email with the subject line "Required Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance 101” when the training has been assigned to you. The email will include instructions on how to complete the assigned training, such as:

To start your training, use a computer and follow the steps below:

1. Visit go.rowan.edu/securitytraining. This will bring you to KnowBe4 for your training
2. Enter your Rowan email address (username@students.rowan.edu) and click Next
3. After logging in, allow pop-ups in your browser, and your training will begin on a new window. Do NOT close the training or home windows until you have completed the training
4. Make sure everything on your current slide is completed to advance
5. After you pass the final quiz, the course is completed, and you will receive an email confirming you completed the training
6. Return to the home screen, click on Training on the top left of your screen.
7. Click Download Certificate next to the training course that you completed

I am a Rowan Employee; where do I take HIPAA Compliance 101?

Currently HIPAA Training for all Rowan SOM employees are assigned by the Office of Compliance and Corporate Integrity, through Technomedia/Cegid.

For an employee to be assigned this training, the employee can contact Kathy Alburger (alburgka@rowan.edu) and can complete the training within: https://hraccess-us.technomedia.com/rowanuniversity

For any questions related to employee HIPAA training please visit: https://sites.rowan.edu/somcompliance/

Do I have to take HIPAA Compliance 101 if I am a medical student?

HIPAA Compliance 101 is a yearly requirement for all RowanSOM and CMSRU medical students and any GSBS students conducting human subject research.

Do students/affiliates conducting research have to take HIPAA Compliance 101?

Yes, any student or affiliate conducting human subject research must take HIPAA Compliance 101 and should contact the IRB using the contact information for the appropriate campus at: https://research.rowan.edu/officeofresearch/compliance/irb/contactirb/vpresearch/

If you have been assigned HIPAA Compliance 101 and you are a student/affiliate not involved with human subject research, please contact the Technology Support Center at 856-256-4400, or submit a ticket in the Rowan Support Portal​.​

How will I be notified of HIPAA Compliance 101?

You will receive an email with the subject line "Required Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance 101” when the training has been assigned to you. The email will include a link to go.rowan.edu/securitytraining, which will bring you to the below screen:

Enter your Rowan University email address to log in to your training.

I completed my assigned training. Why am I still getting reminder emails?

You must click Exit on the "Thank You!” screen for training to be marked as complete. To finalize your training, log back into go.rowan.edu/securitytraining and click Resume.

Proceed to the end of the training course to the "Thank you!” slide. Click Exit to complete the training.  

You'll then have the option to download your training certificate. It's recommended to do so for your records.

I'm no longer a student/graduated, but I'm still getting notifications to take the training. Why?

If you're getting notifications about training, this means that your email account is still active. All users with an active account are required to take training since they still have access to Protected Health Information (PHI).

If you have any questions, please contact the Technology Support Center at 856-256-4400, or submit a ticket in the Rowan Support Portal​.​