MEDIFECTA HEALTHCARE TRAINING RELEASES NEW DVD

ON HIPAA IN HOME CARE

federal legislation designed to protect private health information.

This 23-minute DVD describes HIPAA guidelines and teaches home care personnel about confidentiality and the importance of maintaining privacy rights in a variety of settings.

Topics include: respecting client's right to privacy, definition and purpose of HIPAA, common identifiers for Protected Health Information, protecting your client's privacy and redirecting questions, client's right to view his/her own medical records, knowing who is authorized to receive medical information, medical records management and security, the Minimum Use requirement, guidelines for telephone and fax, proper disposal of Protected Health Information, computer security and HIPAA penalties.

The DVD was produced and directed by Marion Karpinski, R.N., a well-known authority in the field of caregiver training. Ms. Karpinski is the author of Quick Tips for Caregivers and has also developed a series of award-winning DVDs and five caregiver training programs.  Medifecta Healthcare Training's programs are used by thousands of organizations and have been honored with national recognition and awards from the American Society on Aging, National Alliance on Caregiving, National Hospice Foundation, and others.

The DVD is available for $139 from Medifecta Healthcare Training.

Phone: 888-846-7008