ACEMAPP - HIPAA Assessment
HIPAA rules allow you to work on a patient's records after your shift by printing the
records or saving them to a flash drive and bringing them home with you. - ✔️✔️false
Protected Health Information is any information that is linked to any personal identifying
information. - ✔️✔️true
You are working on a health information document that doesn't include your patient's
name but does include your patient's home address and birth date, is this considered
PHI? - ✔️✔️Yes, as their address and birth date could be used to identify them.
A breach of a person's health privacy can have significant implications for them, such
as: - ✔️✔️all answers correct
Removing patient records from the facility in any form (photocopying, emailing, texting,
flash drives, screen capturing, etc.) is a serious breach of HIPAA safeguards and a
federal offense subject to criminal prosecution. - ✔️✔️true
Which of the following are potential consequences of failing to adhere to HIPAA
regulations: - ✔️✔️all answers correct
Each patient has the right to request a copy of their Protected Health Information. -
✔️✔️true
Which of the following entities has the ability to approve who may use or disclose PHI
according to HIPAA regulations? - ✔️✔️Patients
Your log-in attempts are monitored by your facility. - ✔️✔️true
As a healthcare professional it is your responsibility to make sure that you respect the
patients' right to confidentiality and privacy. - ✔️✔️true
Which of the following are ways that PHI may be inadvertently disclosed? - ✔️✔️all
answers correct
The "Need to Know" rule states that access to patient information can be allowed if it is:
- ✔️✔️Required to perform your job.
HIPAA rules allow you to work on a patient's records after your shift by printing the
records or saving them to a flash drive and bringing them home with you. - ✔️✔️false
Protected Health Information is any information that is linked to any personal identifying
information. - ✔️✔️true
You are working on a health information document that doesn't include your patient's
name but does include your patient's home address and birth date, is this considered
PHI? - ✔️✔️Yes, as their address and birth date could be used to identify them.
A breach of a person's health privacy can have significant implications for them, such
as: - ✔️✔️all answers correct
Removing patient records from the facility in any form (photocopying, emailing, texting,
flash drives, screen capturing, etc.) is a serious breach of HIPAA safeguards and a
federal offense subject to criminal prosecution. - ✔️✔️true
Which of the following are potential consequences of failing to adhere to HIPAA
regulations: - ✔️✔️all answers correct
Each patient has the right to request a copy of their Protected Health Information. -
✔️✔️true
Which of the following entities has the ability to approve who may use or disclose PHI
according to HIPAA regulations? - ✔️✔️Patients
Your log-in attempts are monitored by your facility. - ✔️✔️true
As a healthcare professional it is your responsibility to make sure that you respect the
patients' right to confidentiality and privacy. - ✔️✔️true
Which of the following are ways that PHI may be inadvertently disclosed? - ✔️✔️all
answers correct
The "Need to Know" rule states that access to patient information can be allowed if it is:
- ✔️✔️Required to perform your job.
