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One best practice to follow in order to establish safeguards for the security and
confidentiality of a patient's information when a person makes a request for his or her
records in person is to
- refer the requester to the facility's attorney.
- charge an exorbitant fee.
- ask the requester for identification and the request in writing.
- refuse the request. - Answer - ✔ ask the requester for identification and the request in
writing.
Before an employee can be given access to the EHR, someone has to determine what
the employee is allowed to have access to. What is this known as?
- authentication
- workforce clearance procedure
- authorization
- health care clearinghouse - Answer - ✔ workforce clearance procedure
Which of the following is an example of a security incident?
- A handheld device was left unattended on the crash cart in the hall for 10 minutes.
- An employee took home a laptop with unsecured PHI.
- A hacker accessed PHI from off site.
- Temporary employees were not given individual passwords. - Answer - ✔ A hacker
accessed PHI from off site.
HIM personnel charged with the responsibility of bringing a medical record to court
would ordinarily do so in answer to a
- deposition.
- personal subpoena.
- judgment.
- subpoena duces tecum. - Answer - ✔ subpoena duces tecum.
Substance abuse records cannot be redisclosed by a receiving facility to another health
care facility unless the
- physician signs the DNR form.
- patient expires at the receiving facility.
, - patient gives written consent.
- charge nurse signs the release form. - Answer - ✔ patient gives written consent.
John is a 45-year-old male who is mentally retarded. Who can authorize release of his
health record?
- John
- legal guardian
- John's sister
- executive of his will - Answer - ✔ legal guardian.
Your facility is archiving scanned records for long-term storage on optical disk. The
Disaster Recovery Committee has recommended that copies of the disks be stored
- in a separate department within the facility.
- in a locked file maintained in the administrative offices.
- at a remote location.
- in a clinic on the hospital campus. - Answer - ✔ at a remote location.
Which of the following health care systems have to comply with the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act?
- physicians' offices
- veterans' hospitals
- private hospitals
- single-day surgery clinics - Answer - ✔ veterans' hopsitals
A valid authorization for the disclosure of health information should not be
- dated prior to discharge of the patient.
- in writing.
- signed by the patient.
- addressed to the health care provider. - Answer - ✔ dated prior to discharge of the
patient.
The proper method for correcting a documentation error in a medical record is for the
author to
- white it out, date, and initial the change.
- draw an "X" through the incorrect documentation.
- draw a single line through the incorrect information, date, and initial the change.
- remove the form from the chart and add a revised form. - Answer - ✔ draw a single
line through the incorrect information, date, and initial the change.
The HIM director received an e-mail from the technology support services department
about her e-mail being full and asking for her password. The director contacted tech