1. invasion of privacy: the unauthorized disclosure of a patient's medical records
2. health insurance portability and account ability act (HIPAA): a law that legally
supports patients who want to review their medical records
3. medicare: the social security act that was established in 1965
4. confidential: major concern when sending medical records via email
5. Health Insurance Portability And Account Act: identify the needs for privacy
compliance by pharmacists in the pharmacy setting
6. maintaining patient privacy: electronic records and processing data primarily concern
7. to improve the portability continuity of health care coverage: primary goal of
HIPAA
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, 8. confidentiality is maintained: under HIPAA healthcare providers insure
9. when a patient has signed a release form: it is permissible to release private and
confidential information about a patient
10. throw it in the trash: what is not true about discarded patient information (DPI)
11. when a waiver has been signed by the patient or legal guardian:
confidentiality may be waved
12. they take up less space: why are electronic records preferred over paper records
13. invasion of privacy: the unauthorized disclosure of patient information
14. the patient: under the HIPAA privacy rule information in medical records belongs to
15. name, address, soc.number and medical records number: protected
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