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HIPPA Study guide
multi choice q&A
Question | Answer |
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while HIPPA will not ban calling a patient's name in a waiting room, to increase privacy your facility may wish to consider | using a number system |
facilites will no longer be able to post---in any place where visitors might see them. | patient's name |
there must now be a system in place, or record the name of every person who views a patient's record | true |
in a hospital, the obligation to maintain confidentiality applies to | all medical & personal information |
HIPPA mandates the creation of a unique identifier code for every patient | false |
if you are sending patient information via e-mail, security is best maintained with | all the above |
any one caught selling private health care information can be fined up to --& sentenced up to --- in prison | $250.00 10 years |
one exception to confidentiality is | a shot gun wound |
HIPPA overrides all state laws that define and regulate patient privacy | false |
the issue of "portability" deals with protecting health coverage for employees who change jobs(and allowing them to carry existing plan with them) | true |
in general, information about a patient can be shared | when medically nessacery |
the privacy & data secure) go into effect | APRI 2003 |
the set of rules that provide administrative simplification by standardizing the codes and formats used for exchange of medical data is refereed to as | electronic transaction standard |
the proliferation of computers in medicine has | created new dangers for breach of confidentiality |
data security issues that must be addressed by HIPPA implementation teams may include | all the above |
the general privacy rule now is that patients must be notified of the institution's privacy policies and health care workers must always obtain a written acknowledgement of this | false |
the single most important key to administrative simplification is standardizing thorough the health ace system a set of transaction standards and code | true |
you can reveal information need for medical research if | patient authorizes it |
HIPPA defiened code sets that serves as the standards for all electronic data interchange include all but--- | IDANSI |
one good rule to prevent unauthorized acess to computer data is to --- | black out the screen, or turn off the computer when you leave it |