Term 1 of 35
118. The Medical Record Committee is reviewing the privacy policies for a large outpatient clinic.
One of the members of the committee remarks that he feels that the clinic's practice of calling out
a patient's full name in the waiting room is not in compliance with HIPAA regulations and that only
the patient's first name should be used. Other committee members disagree with this assessment.
What should the HIM director advise the committee?
d. HIPAA requires that patients be given numbers and that only the number be announced.
b. There is no violation of HIPAA in announcing a patient's name, but the committee may
want to consider implementing practices that might reduce this practice.
a. HIPAA does not allow a patient's name to be announced in a waiting room.
c. HIPAA allows only the use of the patient's first name.
Term 2 of 35
111. If a healthcare provider is accused of breaching the privacy and confidentiality of a patient,
what resource may a patient rely on to substantiate the provider's responsibility for keeping health
information private?
c. Federal Code of Silence
d. State Code of Fair Practice
b. Federal Code of Fair Practice
a. Professional Code of Ethics
, Term 3 of 35
110. The HIM manager typically can testify about which of the following when a party in a legal
proceeding is attempting to admit a health record as evidence?
a. The care provided to the patient
d. Identification of the standard of care used to treat the patient
c. The qualifications of the treating physician
b. Identification of the record as the one subpoenaed
Term 4 of 35
98. In the state of California, healthcare organizations must provide patients a copy of their
medical record within 15 days of the request, whereas HIPAA requires organizations to provide
records within 30 days of the request. This is example of state law being ________ in relation to
federal law.
a. Stringent
b. Contrary
c. Standardized
d. Conflicting
Term 5 of 35
116. The privacy officer was conducting training for new employees and posed the following
question to the trainees to help them understand the rule regarding breach notification: "If a
breach occurs, which of the following must be provided to the individual whose PHI has been
breached?"
a. The facility's notice of privacy practices
d. A promise to never do it again
b. An authorization to release the individual's PHI
c. The types of unsecured PHI that were involved
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