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Respecting clients' rights to confidentiality is an important part of providing good home care. Privacy rights are legally enforced through a federal law titled HIPAA. This DVD describes HIPAA guidelines and teaches home care providers about the importance of maintaining confidentiality in a variety of settings.
Topics include:
· Respecting your client's right to privacy
· Definition and purpose of HIPAA
· Most common identifiers for Protected Health Information (PHI)
· The Minimum Use requirement
· Protecting your client's privacy and redirecting questions
· Client rights to view his/her own medical records
· Knowing who is authorized to receive medical information
· Medical records management and security
· Proper disposal of Protected Health Information
· Computer and email security
· HIPAA guidelines for telephone and fax
· HIPAA penalties for individuals and agencies
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