TRAINING COMPANY OFFERING HIPAA TRAINING TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS OVER THE INTERNET

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT NAME: Galynn Ferris TITLE: General ManagerG & D International281-353-4585TRAINING company HIPAA TRAINING FOR, health, health, health care , care , care , HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON THE INTERNET Spring, Texas, September 15, 2003 --- The rules maintaining the privacy of patient records, the health industry scrambling. These rules are the first to be introduced due to the Health Insurance Portability and, health care , Accountability Act. Care providers are held accountable to the Department of Health and Human Services for the actions of their employees.G & D International announced today that two of their HIPAA courses are now offered via the World Wide Web for healthcare professionals. There is a course for informing consumers about their rights under the Privacy Rule and recently adopted a more comprehensive course to train healthcare professionals. The requirements of the Privacy Rule have the ability to disrupt daily routine of care. It is imperative that all employees are aware of what they can do to protect the privacy of health information by violating a patient, said Galynn Ferris,, health care , General Manager. The penalties for violating this rule, up to $ 250,000 and ten years imprisonment,, health care , could lead to a financial crisis in a small, health care , health clinic or other small, health care , business.Our goal is to create effective training programs for small businesses health. We believe that our customers are very busy and should be able to take this training on a schedule suitable for them.Mr. Ferris that these courses are designed to be delivered over a dial-up Internet connections. This makes our courses especially valuable to rural clinics. This training is an affordable solution to these clinics because there are no travel and minimal, health care , to absent passen, health care , .De course titled Privacy Compliance takes about three hours to complete. The student may leave the course at any time and the software will remember where they were, so they can return to the course at the next opportunity. This course will cover all topics related to maintaining the privacy of patient records including patient protections, authorization and reporting of information, use of patient data in research and marketing, and confidential communication with, health care , patients, business partners, and employers. Courses HIPAA transaction compliance and OSHA compliance will be added before the end of the courses available at year.These www.hipaatrng.com.