HIPAA Privacy
How would you describe the HIPAA Privacy Rule to a patient?
It helps ensure only the necessary amount of your health information is
shared when needed
Which piece of patient information is most likely to be considered PHI?
Driver's license number
Which situation is most likely to be a permissible PHI disclosure?
Complying with a DEA investigator's request to review prescription
information that contains PHI
A 75-year-old patient who is a customer at your pharmacy is being
admitted to the hospital. The patient is having difficulty remembering
what medications they take at home. The hospital pharmacist completing
the patient's medication history calls your pharmacy to ask for a list of
medications the patient is taking and the prescriber names for each med.
Considering what is allowed by HIPAA, what would be the most
appropriate action?
Share the patient's med list with the pharmacist
You see a famous person walking the pharmacy aisle. You are curious if
they ever get any prescriptions filled at your pharmacy. You look up the
information, but don't share it with anyone. Are you being compliant with
HIPAA?
No, you are not being compliant with HIPAA by looking up information
when there's no reason to look up PHI
Under what circumstance may PHI be released without written
authorization from a patient?
A state's public health department requests the names of patients who
test positive for a pandemic illness
How would you describe the HIPAA Privacy Rule to a patient?
It helps ensure only the necessary amount of your health information is
shared when needed
Which piece of patient information is most likely to be considered PHI?
Driver's license number
Which situation is most likely to be a permissible PHI disclosure?
Complying with a DEA investigator's request to review prescription
information that contains PHI
A 75-year-old patient who is a customer at your pharmacy is being
admitted to the hospital. The patient is having difficulty remembering
what medications they take at home. The hospital pharmacist completing
the patient's medication history calls your pharmacy to ask for a list of
medications the patient is taking and the prescriber names for each med.
Considering what is allowed by HIPAA, what would be the most
appropriate action?
Share the patient's med list with the pharmacist
You see a famous person walking the pharmacy aisle. You are curious if
they ever get any prescriptions filled at your pharmacy. You look up the
information, but don't share it with anyone. Are you being compliant with
HIPAA?
No, you are not being compliant with HIPAA by looking up information
when there's no reason to look up PHI
Under what circumstance may PHI be released without written
authorization from a patient?
A state's public health department requests the names of patients who
test positive for a pandemic illness
