Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HIPAA certification


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. v/r - TP 00:46, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

HIPAA certification

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Contested proposed deletion. Non-notable certifications issued by a non-notable organization. Mostly an advertisement for the issuing organization. Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:59, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:20, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:20, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Appears to be disguised spam for a company called hipaatraining.net. HIPAA itself is notable and important, and already has an article. Any general (and noncommercial) information about certification could be added in a paragraph to that article. --MelanieN (talk) 15:26, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


 * NOTE: The creator of the article posted the following on the article's talk page. --MelanieN (talk) 15:29, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Why this page should not be deleted:


 * As HIPAA is a federal regulations & not a organization, it cannot endorse ANY certification from private entities as “OFFICIAL” certification. HIPAA requires all employees of covered entity & business associate to be trained based on their job role. The certifications listed here are the ones that meet those requirement of organization and allow them to validate individual’s knowledge based on the job role of the individual. Hundreds of individuals including government entities like  National Institute Standards & Technology (NIST), US Army, County Government, State Government, NASA and many more have registered for the certification.


 * Individuals get CEU credits for this course to maintain their professional certification and medical degrees like nurse, doctor etc. This is possible ONLY if the content is relevant and up to date and accepted by certification issuing authorities.


 * Definitely certification is in its infancy stage but that does not mean that it is irrelevant in validating individual’s HIPAA knowledge. If putting information about the a certification program from private organization is against your policy then many articles on Microsoft, Cisco, CISSP.


 * The people who may need HIPAA certification is limited to healthcare industry and organizations servicing healthcare industries so it not be a main stream certification like others but it is very important for those who are in the industry as a basis to validate their HIPAA knowledge.


 * I am sure you will see genuine reason not to delete this information. is it better to create a article based on certification name instead of adding all information under generic name of HIPAA Certification which is very broad term? Look forward on receiving guidance.


 * Roopashri (talk) 05:18, 10 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge anything non-redundant to HIPAA. Delete the remainder as the subject doesn't appear notable on it's own.  This content may be useful but it needs to reference independent, reliable sources. §everal⇒|Times 20:04, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Closing administrator please note: There is a redirect page to this article at Hipaa certification, the result of a page move. If this page is deleted, the redirect page should be deleted as well. --MelanieN (talk) 17:17, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.