Nursing HIPAA and Confidentiality
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
HIPAA - ....ANSWER ...-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996
HIPAA Privacy Rule - ....ANSWER ...-- Privacy Rule compliance was
enforced April 2003 by the Office of Civil Rights
- establishes national standards to protect individual's health information
- civil and criminal penalties exist for non-compliance
Provider can disclose ________ patient information - ....ANSWER ...-only
minimum necessary
Under HIPAA: - ....ANSWER ...-- Patient can request copy of medical
record
- Patient must receive notification of privacy rights
- Patient must authorize release of information
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, - Institution may use and disclose information for treatment, payment, and health
care operations without authorization
- Use of data in research requires deidentification, or patient authorization
Security - ....ANSWER ...-administrative procedures must be in place for
guarding data, confidentiality, integrity, and access
Access to medical records is limited to: - ....ANSWER ...-- Treatment
- Quality Assurance
- Utilization Review
- Education
- Research
Confidentiality - ....ANSWER ...-- Duty owed the patient to protect
information shared (autonomy and fidelity)
- Health care providers and agencies have responsibility to uphold confidentiality,
to provide privacy for patients, and to protect the information collected
- only certain individuals have the right to access information
Breach of Confidentiality - ....ANSWER ...-- information may be disclosed
when failure to do so could cause serious harm to patient, family, facility staff, or
others
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Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
HIPAA - ....ANSWER ...-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996
HIPAA Privacy Rule - ....ANSWER ...-- Privacy Rule compliance was
enforced April 2003 by the Office of Civil Rights
- establishes national standards to protect individual's health information
- civil and criminal penalties exist for non-compliance
Provider can disclose ________ patient information - ....ANSWER ...-only
minimum necessary
Under HIPAA: - ....ANSWER ...-- Patient can request copy of medical
record
- Patient must receive notification of privacy rights
- Patient must authorize release of information
....COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1
, - Institution may use and disclose information for treatment, payment, and health
care operations without authorization
- Use of data in research requires deidentification, or patient authorization
Security - ....ANSWER ...-administrative procedures must be in place for
guarding data, confidentiality, integrity, and access
Access to medical records is limited to: - ....ANSWER ...-- Treatment
- Quality Assurance
- Utilization Review
- Education
- Research
Confidentiality - ....ANSWER ...-- Duty owed the patient to protect
information shared (autonomy and fidelity)
- Health care providers and agencies have responsibility to uphold confidentiality,
to provide privacy for patients, and to protect the information collected
- only certain individuals have the right to access information
Breach of Confidentiality - ....ANSWER ...-- information may be disclosed
when failure to do so could cause serious harm to patient, family, facility staff, or
others
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