RHIA: Health Law Exam Questions With
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a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written
defamation. - Answer - ✔ libel
the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's
reputation. - Answer - ✔ slander
Which of the following elements of negligence must be present in order to recover
damages?
a. duty of care; breach of duty of care; value attached to injury is greater than a certain
value (ordinarily $1000); provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule have been met
b. duty of care; breach of duty of care; suffered an injury; value attached to injury is
greater than a certain value (ordinarily $1,000)
c. duty of care; breach of duty of care; suffered an injury; defendant's conduct caused
the plaintiff harm
d. breach of duty of care; suffered an injury; value attached to injury is greater than a
certain value (ordinarily $1,000); provision of HIPAA Privacy Rule have not been met -
Answer - ✔ c.
A sworn verbal testimony is called a:
a. interrogatory
b. deposition
c. physical and mental examination
d. court order - Answer - ✔ b.
The written answers to questions (testimony) that you provide is a:
a. interrogatory
b. deposition
c. physical and mental examination
d. court order - Answer - ✔ a.
In which phase of a lawsuit do you provide sworn verbal testimony and written answers
to questions?
a. pretrial conference
b. trial
c. discovery
d. appeal - Answer - ✔ c.
The failure to obtain the written consent of the patient before performing a surgical
procedure may constitute:
a. battery
b. contempt
, c. libel
d. malpractice - Answer - ✔ a.
failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like
circumstances - Answer - ✔ negligence
When a health care facility fails to investigate the qualifications of a physician hired to
work as an independent contractor in the emergency room and is accused of
negligence, the health care facility can be held liable under:
a. respondeat superior
b. corporate negligence
c. contributory negligence
d. general negligence - Answer - ✔ b.
Hospitals that destroy their own medical records must have a policy that:
a. ensures records are destroyed and confidentiality is protected
b. notifies the physicians when the records of their patients are destroyed
c. states that all records are destroyed annually
d. ensures that the type of equipment to be used for destruction of records is properly
maintained - Answer - ✔ a.
A written authorization from the patient releasing copies of his or her medical records is
required by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. the patient's attorney
b. a physician requesting copies from another physician
c. an insurance company
d. the hospital attorney for the facility where the patient is treated - Answer - ✔ d.
All of the following are areas in which electronically stored information, for example the
electronic health record, differs from paper-based information EXCEPT:
a. volume
b. metadata
c. variety of sources
d. confidentiality - Answer - ✔ b.
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
All Correct Detailed Answers
a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written
defamation. - Answer - ✔ libel
the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's
reputation. - Answer - ✔ slander
Which of the following elements of negligence must be present in order to recover
damages?
a. duty of care; breach of duty of care; value attached to injury is greater than a certain
value (ordinarily $1000); provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule have been met
b. duty of care; breach of duty of care; suffered an injury; value attached to injury is
greater than a certain value (ordinarily $1,000)
c. duty of care; breach of duty of care; suffered an injury; defendant's conduct caused
the plaintiff harm
d. breach of duty of care; suffered an injury; value attached to injury is greater than a
certain value (ordinarily $1,000); provision of HIPAA Privacy Rule have not been met -
Answer - ✔ c.
A sworn verbal testimony is called a:
a. interrogatory
b. deposition
c. physical and mental examination
d. court order - Answer - ✔ b.
The written answers to questions (testimony) that you provide is a:
a. interrogatory
b. deposition
c. physical and mental examination
d. court order - Answer - ✔ a.
In which phase of a lawsuit do you provide sworn verbal testimony and written answers
to questions?
a. pretrial conference
b. trial
c. discovery
d. appeal - Answer - ✔ c.
The failure to obtain the written consent of the patient before performing a surgical
procedure may constitute:
a. battery
b. contempt
, c. libel
d. malpractice - Answer - ✔ a.
failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like
circumstances - Answer - ✔ negligence
When a health care facility fails to investigate the qualifications of a physician hired to
work as an independent contractor in the emergency room and is accused of
negligence, the health care facility can be held liable under:
a. respondeat superior
b. corporate negligence
c. contributory negligence
d. general negligence - Answer - ✔ b.
Hospitals that destroy their own medical records must have a policy that:
a. ensures records are destroyed and confidentiality is protected
b. notifies the physicians when the records of their patients are destroyed
c. states that all records are destroyed annually
d. ensures that the type of equipment to be used for destruction of records is properly
maintained - Answer - ✔ a.
A written authorization from the patient releasing copies of his or her medical records is
required by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. the patient's attorney
b. a physician requesting copies from another physician
c. an insurance company
d. the hospital attorney for the facility where the patient is treated - Answer - ✔ d.
All of the following are areas in which electronically stored information, for example the
electronic health record, differs from paper-based information EXCEPT:
a. volume
b. metadata
c. variety of sources
d. confidentiality - Answer - ✔ b.
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
