Patient Advocacy and Secure Digital Interaction
This programme provides healthcare support staff with the expertise to deliver excellent patient services while ensuring security best practices are maintained during digital health interactions.
£150
Certified Patient Security Advocate
- Pass mark 70%
- Certificate on completion
- Verifiable public certificate ID
- English · available globally
Patient Advocacy and Secure Digital Interaction: the short answers
- What is Patient Advocacy and Secure Digital Interaction?
- This programme provides healthcare support staff with the expertise to deliver excellent patient services while ensuring security best practices are maintained during digital health interactions.
- Who is Patient Advocacy and Secure Digital Interaction for?
- It is pitched at Foundation level for Health Services Coordinators working in cyber security, and is studied online from any country.
- How long does Patient Advocacy and Secure Digital Interaction take?
- Around 12 hours of study, plus the assessed assignments and one applied project.
- How is the certification assessed?
- Every assignment and the final project are assessed automatically against the published criteria. The pass mark is 70%, and an item that does not pass can be resubmitted.
- What do I receive when I pass?
- Certified Patient Security Advocate, issued as a certificate with a unique ID that employers can check in the public certificate register.
- How much does it cost?
- £150 once, with no subscription.
What you will be able to do
- Identify risks in digital patient communication
- Facilitate secure authentication for patients accessing portals
- Handle sensitive health queries with privacy in mind
- Recognize and report social engineering threats in clinical settings
- Apply standard data protection to patient records
Written by Sarah Jenkins, Healthcare Data Analyst. Every submission is assessed automatically against the published criteria for Certified Patient Security Advocate, and the certificate is issued the moment the assessment is complete.
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