The Health IT Workforce Curriculum was developed for U.S. community colleges to enhance workforce training programmes in health information technology. The curriculum consist of 20 courses of 3 credits each. Each course includes instructor manuals, learning objectives, syllabi, video lectures with accompanying transcripts and slides, exercises, and assessments. The materials were authored by Columbia University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Oregon Health & Science University, and University of Alabama at Birmingham. The project was funded by the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. All of the course materials are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Component 2 - The Culture of Healthcare Component Overview: For individuals not familiar with healthcare, this component addresses job expectations in healthcare settings. It discusses how care is organized within a practice setting, privacy laws, and professional and ethical issues encountered in the workplace. Unit Title Privacy & Security Unit Overview: This unit defines privacy, confidentiality, and security of health information, including the HIPPA Privacy and Security Rules. Unit Objectives: By the end of this unit the student will be able to: 1. Define and discern the differences between privacy, confidentiality, and security (Lecture a) 2. Discuss the major methods for protecting privacy and confidentiality, including through the use of information technology (Lecture b) 3. Describe and apply privacy, confidentiality, and security under the tenets of HIPAA Privacy Rule (Lecture c) 4. Describe and apply privacy, confidentiality, and security under the tenets of the HIPAA Security Rule (Lecture d)