Confidentiality Quiz
Note: This training is an overview of confidentiality within a human service setting. It is intended to provide a basic understanding of confidentiality guidelines and practices for all employees and meet the CARF accreditation standards for training for all employees. It is not intended to be a substitute for competency-based training requirements. Appropriate confidentiality policies, procedures and practices that are in accordance with federal and nationally recognized guidelines on confidentiality provide the foundation for respecting the right to confidential services for persons served. Please read through this brief overview on confidentiality. After completing this overview, complete the questionnaire that follows. This questionnaire will provide several scenarios that can Read moreoccur in organizations in the area of confidentiality and are intended to improve your ability to conduct services in a confidential manner. Confidentiality Overview The first federal standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information became effective on April 14, 2OO1. Health care providers covered by the new rules were required to be in compliance with the regulations by April 2003. These standards, known as the Privacy Rule were created by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in response to the United States Congress' passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) in 1996. Although accreditation organizations have maintained standards for release and use of confidential information, the Privacy Rule for the first time creates national standards to protect private and personal health information. Confidentiality requirements involve many areas of an organization's operations and practices. From speaking in a public environment about protected information to how a written record is stored, the confidentiality rights of persons served are protected with
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A citizen calls the organization and requests services. Following this contact, a local social service worker contacts the organization and identifies the citizen as a client. He reports that the citizen is required to seek services due to legal problems and he is veriffing the citizen's contact with your organization to ensure that the client is meeting her legal obligations. You indicate that the citizen did, in fact, call to seek services to ensure that the client's legal obligation is met. Did you violate the citizen's confidentiality?
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Yes
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No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
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Your organization's administrative support staff is in charge of filing progress notes in the client record. At times, they read the notes while filing the forms according to the form title and the date of the progress note. Has the staff member violated the client's confidentiality?
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Yes
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No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
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A client suffers an acute medical problem and medical personnel are called to the scene. You communicate information about the client that you have leamed through your organization's provision of services in an effort to assist medical personnel with their medical intervention. Did you violate the client's confidentiality?
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Yes
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No
Correct Answer
B. No -
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You are attending a staff meeting at your organization, or are filing administrative information. During the presentation of a new case, or the filing of administrative information, you recognize the name of the client as an acquaintance of your family. That evening you mention to your spouse that Pete Jones was entering your organization for services. Did you violate Mr. Jones' confidentiality?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
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A referral source calls to confirm that a client has been admitted for services with your organization, and they fuither indicate they have a form in their files signed by the client that grants them permission to communicate to you. Can you tell them that the client has been admitted?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
B. No -
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Client records are maintained outside of a central. file location. They are fully secured from any review or use by anyone outside of the client's service providers, are fully secured against damage or theft, there is a process in place to identify where the record is kept and how it is kept secure, procedures are in place for the retention and/or destruction of the record and other personnel involved in the client's care have full and immediate accessto the record, if needed. Is this practice within the bounds of confidential record keeping?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
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