HIPAA Privacy Rule And Its Impacts On Research Quiz!
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- 1.
- A.
Paper
- B.
Electronic
- C.
The spoken word.
- D.
All of the above.
- E.
None of the above.
- 2.If you suspect someone is violating the facility’s privacy policy, you should:
- A.
Say nothing. It is none of your business.
- B.
Watch the individual involved until you have gathered solid evidence against him or her.
- C.
Report your suspicions to your clinical instructor for further follow-up.
- 3.HIPAA security and privacy regulations apply to:
- A.
Attending physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
- B.
Health information managers, information systems staff and other ancillary personnel only.
- C.
Anyone working in the facility.
- D.
Only staff that have direct patient contact.
- 4.
- A.
The patient’s (non-attending) physician brother.
- B.
Personnel from the hospital the patient transferred from 2 days ago, who is calling to check on the patient.
- C.
The respiratory therapy personnel doing an ordered procedure.
- D.
A retired physician who is a friend of the family.
- 5.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Copies of patient information may be disposed of in any garbage can in the facility.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.The criminal penalties for improperly disclosing patient health information can be as high as fines of $250,000 and prison sentences of up to 10 years.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Confidentiality protections cover not just a patient’s health-related information, such as his or her diagnosis, but also other identifying information such as social security number and telephone numbers.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.
- A.
Contact the neighbor’s spouse to alert him or her about the accident.
- B.
Do nothing and pretend you don’t know about it.
- C.
Tell the charge nurse in the ER that you know how to reach the patient’s spouse and offer the information if it’s needed.
- 10.
- A.
Locks on medical records rooms.
- B.
Passwords to access computerized records.
- C.
Rules that prohibits employees from looking at records unless they have a need to know.
- D.
All of the above.
- 11.Confidential information must not be shared with another unless the recipient has:
- A.
An OK from a doctor.
- B.
The need to know.
- C.
Permission from Human Resources.
- D.
All of the above.
- 12.
- A.
A former physician of the patient who is concerned about the patient.
- B.
A colleague who needs information about the patient to provide proper care.
- C.
A friend of the patient.
- D.
A pharmaceutical salesman who is offering a fee for a list of patients to who he could send a free sample of his product.
- 13.
- A.
A need to know for the performance of your job.
- B.
If a physician asks you the diagnosis of the patient.
- C.
Just because you are curious.
- D.
You are a relative of the patient.
- 14.Patients have a right to access their health information.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Confidentiality and privacy are important concepts in healthcare because:
- A.
They help protect hospitals from lawsuits.
- B.
They allow patients to fell comfortable sharing information with their doctors.
- C.
They avoid the confusion of having people other than a physician distributing information about a patient.
- D.
Both a & b.
- 16.
- A.
Provide him with the information or access he needs.
- B.
Ask him who at the hospital has hired him and refer him to that person for assistance.
- C.
Call the police.
- 17.When is the patient’s written authorization to release information required?
- A.
In most cases, when patient information is going to be shared with anyone for reasons other than treatment, payment or health care operations.
- B.
Upon admission to a hospital.
- C.
When patient information is to be shared among two or more clinicians.
- D.
When patient information is used for billing a private insurer.
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