RHIA Exam Health Law Questions with Correct Answers
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RHIA Exam Health Law Questions with Correct Answers
Spoliation is the term that refers to the wrongful destruction of evidence or the failure to preserve property, which addresses which of the following methods of discovery?
a. interrogatories
b. deposition
c. e-discovery
d. request for admi...
RHIA Exam Health Law Questions
with Correct Answers
Spoliation is the term that refers to the wrongful destruction of evidence or the failure to
preserve property, which addresses which of the following methods of discovery?
a. interrogatories
b. deposition
c. e-discovery
d. request for admissions - Answer-c.
In order to release information to a (minor) patient's employer, the hospital must receive
a:
a. consent signed by the patient
b. court order
c. consent signed by the doctor
d. consent signed by the patient's parent - Answer-d.
According to AHIMA's Position on Transmission of Health Information, the health
information manager should engage in all of the following to ensure that information is
properly sent via facsimile transmission EXCEPT:
a. to always follow up by sending the original record by mail
b. to preprogram into the machine the number of destination sites
c. encrypt the data if public channels are used for electronic transmittal
d. ask the sender to contact the recipient prior to and after transmission - Answer-a.
All of the following need a proper authorization to access a patient's health information
EXCEPT:
a. local and state law enforcement officers
b. IRS agents
c. medical examiners or coroners
d. FBI agents - Answer-c.
Under traditional rules of evidence, a medical/health record is considered ________ and
is _________ into evidence.
a. hearsay; admissible
b. hearsay; inadmissible
c. reliable; admissible
d. reliable; inadmissible - Answer-b.
The hospital has a policy that states, "Original medical records may be removed from
the Medical Record Department jurisdiction only by court order." Which situation would
be a violation of the policy?
, a. A physician wishes to have the record sent to the physician lounge in the OR suite for
final signatures
b. The Risk Manager requests the record for review by physicians at a quality
assurance meeting
c. A lawyer has subpoenaed the record for deposition
d. The physician has been sued and wants to study the original record at home prior to
his deposition - Answer-d.
All of the following are elements of a contract EXCEPT:
a. offer/communication
b. duty
c. price/consideration
d. acceptance - Answer-b.
In which of the following circumstances would release of information without the
patient's authorization be permissible?
a. release to an attorney
b. release to third-party payers
c. release to state workers' compensation agencies
d. release to insurance companies - Answer-c.
Who decides whether all or portions of the medical record will be received in evidence
in a court of law?
a. presiding judge/court
b. subpoenaing attorney
c. clerk of the court
d. defendant - Answer-a.
Which of the following health care systems have to comply with the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act?
a. private hospitals
b. physicians' offices
c. veterans' hospitals
d. single-day surgery clinics - Answer-c.
The Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital case established the following
doctrine for hospitals to observe and changed the way hospitals dealt with liability.
a. doctrine of respondeat superior
b. doctrine of continuing wrong
c. doctrine of res ipsa loquitur
d. doctrine of corporate negligence - Answer-d.
The minimum record retention period for patients who are minors is:
a. age of majority
b. age of majority plus the statute of limitations
c. 5 years past treatment
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