Confidentiality in Allied Health – Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Which of the following disclosures would *not* be allowed under the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
Assume that the patients have *not* authorized release of their PHI.
A: A hospital releases details of an Ebola patient's illness and treatment to the CDC.
B: A drug rehab center releases details of a celebrity's struggle with addiction as part of a public
service advertisement against drugs.
C: An employer releases details of an employee's disabling accident to OSHA.
D: Doctors in California release details of patient diagnoses of food poisoning linked to tainted
orange juice to the FDA. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
If disclosure of PHI is permitted under HIPAA, what is disclosed?
A: Information both the patient and doctor think should be disclosed.
B: The minimum information necessary to accomplish the purpose of the disclosure.
C: Information the doctor thinks should be disclosed.
D: All information the particular doctor has on that patient. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
What is a doctor's responsibility if a patient requests restrictions on the use of his or her PHI?
, A: The doctor need not comply with the patient's wishes if HIPAA would otherwise permit the
use.
B: The doctor must comply with the patient's wishes if the patient has a good cause.
C: Since HIPAA doesn't address this issue, the doctor is free to decide on a case-by-case basis.
D. The doctor must comply with the patient's wishes. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
The purpose of a subpoena duces tecum is to
A: command a plaintiff to witness during his or her trial
B: require a health care worker to testify about a patient's condition
C: command a witness to produce documents or things
D: limit the amount of information that can be released from a medical record - CORRECT
ANSWER -C
A woman is brought into an emergency room after a severe automobile accident. She's
unconscious and badly injured. Her husband arrives at the emergency room at the same time as
she arrives in the ambulance. The doctor explains the wife's condition to her husband and asks
for permission to operate on her. The husband agrees to the operation. The husband's approval
for the operation is called ________ consent.
A: contractual
B: mutual
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Which of the following disclosures would *not* be allowed under the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
Assume that the patients have *not* authorized release of their PHI.
A: A hospital releases details of an Ebola patient's illness and treatment to the CDC.
B: A drug rehab center releases details of a celebrity's struggle with addiction as part of a public
service advertisement against drugs.
C: An employer releases details of an employee's disabling accident to OSHA.
D: Doctors in California release details of patient diagnoses of food poisoning linked to tainted
orange juice to the FDA. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
If disclosure of PHI is permitted under HIPAA, what is disclosed?
A: Information both the patient and doctor think should be disclosed.
B: The minimum information necessary to accomplish the purpose of the disclosure.
C: Information the doctor thinks should be disclosed.
D: All information the particular doctor has on that patient. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
What is a doctor's responsibility if a patient requests restrictions on the use of his or her PHI?
, A: The doctor need not comply with the patient's wishes if HIPAA would otherwise permit the
use.
B: The doctor must comply with the patient's wishes if the patient has a good cause.
C: Since HIPAA doesn't address this issue, the doctor is free to decide on a case-by-case basis.
D. The doctor must comply with the patient's wishes. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
The purpose of a subpoena duces tecum is to
A: command a plaintiff to witness during his or her trial
B: require a health care worker to testify about a patient's condition
C: command a witness to produce documents or things
D: limit the amount of information that can be released from a medical record - CORRECT
ANSWER -C
A woman is brought into an emergency room after a severe automobile accident. She's
unconscious and badly injured. Her husband arrives at the emergency room at the same time as
she arrives in the ambulance. The doctor explains the wife's condition to her husband and asks
for permission to operate on her. The husband agrees to the operation. The husband's approval
for the operation is called ________ consent.
A: contractual
B: mutual
