Copyright and Disclaimers

The HealthCheck Provider Education System is based primarily on information from the following sources:

• The HealthCheck Manual and Periodicity Schedule developed by the DC Department of Health Care Finance. The manual was developed in collaboration with many organizations and agencies. The content of this manual is based on the information available at time of publication and will be reviewed and updated periodically.
• Bright Futures content and philosophy.
• Medicaid and EPSDT information from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This resource contains information on the EPSDT benefit including periodicity schedule, components of an EPSDT visit, state reporting requirements, and national CMS Form-416 data.

Content

The HealthCheck Provider Education System is designed and maintained by Bright Futures at Georgetown University. See acknowledgments for more information. Georgetown University staff maintain the functionality of the site. Please e-mail the Bright Futures/HealthCheck staff if you have questions regarding the information contained in the site.

Content Disclaimer

Information on this site is based on sources cited above. The site is designed to present online training and resources for delivering and documenting Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services to DC's Medicaid-eligible children and teens. Information presented on this site has undergone peer review to ensure accuracy. However, standards may change, and some information may become outdated. Users are advised to consult other sources to confirm information presented on this site. Georgetown University does not assume responsibility for omissions or inaccuracies in materials on this site nor any consequences resulting from the use of information from this site.

Information presented on this site is not intended to replace medical advice offered by a physician or other medical professionals. Georgetown University is not liable for damages resulting from information obtained from this site or its publications. The HealthCheck Provider Education System contains links to other Web sites which are independently run outside of the brightfutures.org domain. Georgetown University is not responsible for the privacy practices, activities, or content of such independent sites.

Links Disclaimer

Any links to external Web sites and/or non-Georgetown University information provided on Bright Futures and/or HealthCheck pages are covered under Georgetown University's links disclaimer.

Copyright Information

The materials contained on the Bright Futures Web site are copyrighted in the following manner: (a) the HealthCheck manual, periodicity schedule, and related materials are copyrighted by the District of Columbia and (b) the Bright Futures materials and derivative works are protected by Georgetown University's copyright policies, unless otherwise stated. If you have any questions regarding copyright issues in the HealthCheck Provider Education System, please contact Bright Futures or Georgetown University's DMCA agent.

Copyright Permission

To learn more about Bright Futures at Georgetown University's copyright policies, please contact:

Copyright Officer
Bright Futures at Georgetown University
Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272
Fax: (202) 784-9777

Privacy of Usage Data

Any information collected through HealthCheck Provider Education System is kept strictly confidential. Georgetown University does not sell or share e-mail addresses of individuals who visit the site. If you have questions or concerns about privacy, please contact Bright Futures.

Any information submitted online will be used and disclosed only for purposes of registration and the awarding of course credit. Bright Futures at Georgetown University does not collect information for commercial marketing.

Bright Futures at Georgetown University is committed to ensuring the privacy and security of your personal information through specific safety measures. These safeguards include Secure Socket Layer (SSL) software, which provides a high level of encryption to protect the information you submit.

Information Automatically Collected and Stored

When you browse through any web site, certain personal information can be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit:

• the name of the domain you use to access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are using an American Online account, or stanford.edu, if you are connecting from Stanford University's domain);
• the date and time of your visit;
• the pages you visited; and
• the address of the web site you came from when you came to visit.

We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. Unless specifically stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected.

Intrusion Detection

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized law enforcement investigations, and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an individual.

Technical Requirements

This curriculum will run on Macintosh and Windows systems. It requires the equivalent of a 200 MHz Pentium PC with 24 megabytes of memory running Windows 95, 98, or NT or a Macintosh running OS 8 or later. It runs in either Netscape or Internet Explorer browsers of Version 4.0 and later. It requires no plug-ins but some materials do require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Reporting Web Site and Other Technical Problems

To report technical problems with this Web site, please contact the Bright Futures Webmaster.