The following clinical documents
and programs are available on-line:
1.
VAHHA's Web-based Training
Programs
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM: VAHHA is
offering a wide variety of convenient online courses to the member
agencies. The courses are for professional staff, direct care workers,
and office staff. Topics of study range from infection control to HIPAA
rules, from wound care to confidentiality procedures.
Questions, call 1-800-713-0893 in Vermont or 802-229-0579
2.
Web-based Workshop on the Future of Home Care
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM:
The Home Care Information Network (HCIN), a web-based educational
company with which is now broadcasting a 40-minute
seminar on the Future of Home Care.
The presenter
is Gene Tischer, the president of the Florida home care association. The
works deals with staffing shortages, nurse delegation, performance-based
reimbursement, burdensome regulations and a variety of other challenges
our industry faces. The program was produced for the Council of State
Home Care Associations and is being made available at no charge as a
service to providers across the country.
3. Building Bright
Futures
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM:
Building Bright Futures is an innovative public-private partnership
working to ensure that all Vermont children are healthy and successful
by improving the quality, affordability and accessibility of services
for families with children under the age of 6 in the areas of health,
early care and education
4. OASIS Web Training
ABOUT THESE LINK: Home health agencies can download and start using
a web-based training tool developed and made available by the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The tool was pilot-tested this
summer and covers all parts of the OASIS assessment process.
The Questions and Answers link connects you to the CMS OASIS home
page.
5. Wound Care
( At the WOCN site click on "OASIS Guidance Document".)
ABOUT THIS LINK: The Wound, Ostomy and
Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) has just updated its website to include
OASIS Guidance for interpretation of the following terms: fully
granulating, early partial granulation, and non-healing. There is a
status description for each of the following: pressure ulcer, stasis
ulcer, and surgical wound. This is an aid for clinical staff in
response for M064, M0476, and M0488.
6. Drug Regimen Review for Rehab Staff
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT: Medicare Conditions of Participation
require a review of all medications the patients are using in order to
identify any potential adverse effects and drug reactions. This drug
regimen is part of the comprehensive review.
7. OASIS Training -
Course Outline for VAHHA OASIS Accuracy Training Course.
8.
CMS Home Care Manual: The 93-page Medicare Benefits Policy
Manual, Chapter 7, Home Care Services
9.
HIPAA
Privacy Decision Tool
ABOUT THIS LINK: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a
new Web-based interactive decision tool designed to assist emergency
preparedness and recovery planners in determining how to access and use
health information about persons with disabilities consistent with the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Privacy Rule. The
tool
will guide emergency preparedness and recovery planners through a series
of questions regarding how the HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to a
particular disclosure. By helping users focus on the source of the
information being disclosed, to whom it is being disclosed, and for what
purpose, users will better meet the needs of the elderly or persons with
disabilities in the event of an evacuation. While the tool’s initial
purpose focused on emergency planning for persons with disabilities, it
is applicable to most emergency planning efforts.
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