Inservice Training: Maintaining Confidentiality
Course Description
Caring for patients while protecting their privacy has always been important to everyone at First Advanced Care. 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. The purpose of this course is to familiarize the learner with the importance of maintaining confidentiality in a variety of settings.
Course Objectives
Objectives:
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Define confidentiality.
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Explain why confidentiality is important for quality client care.
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Describe at least four ways confidentiality can be broken during daily work.
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Discuss HIPAA and its requirements.
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Demonstrate how you maintain confidentiality in your daily work.
Instructions:
Step 1: Review the course material by clicking the PDF icon below.
Step 2: Take the online quiz. Your answers will be electronically submitted.
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or you can come into the nearest 1st Advanced Care office to complete quiz.
Quiz must be passed with a score of 80% or higher in order to complete the course.