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The legal health record for disclosure consists of: a. Any and all protected health information data collected or used by a healthcare entity when delivering care b. Only the protected health inform... ation requested by an attorney for a legal proceeding c. The data, documents, reports, and information that comprise the formal business records of any healthcare entity that are to be utilized during legal proceedings d. All of the data and information included in the HIPAA Designated Record Set Correct Answer: c. The data, documents, reports, and information that comprise the formal business records of any healthcare entity that are to be utilized during legal proceedings The concept of legal health records was created to describe the data, documents, reports, and information that comprise the formal business record(s) of any healthcare organization that are to be utilized during legal proceedings. Understanding legal health records requires knowledge of not only what comprises business records used as legal health records, but also the processes as well as the physical and electronic systems used to manage these records John is the privacy officer at General Hospital and conducts audit trail checks as part of his job duties. What does an audit trail check for? a. Loss of data b. Presence of a virus c. Successful completion of a backup d. Unauthorized access to a system Correct Answer: d. Unauthorized access to a system An audit trail is a chronological set of computerized records that provides evidence of a computer system utilization (log-ins and log-outs, file accesses) used to determine security violations A professional basketball player from the local team was admitted to your facility for a procedure. During this patient's hospital stay, access logs may need to be checked daily in order to determine: a. Whether access by employees is appropriate b. If the patient is satisfied with their stay c. If it is necessary to order prescriptions for the patient d. Whether the care to the patient meets quality standards Correct Answer: a. Whether access by employees is appropriate In order to maintain patient privacy, certain audits may need to be completed daily. If a highprofile patient is currently in a facility, for example, access logs may need to be checked daily to determine whether all access to this patient's information by the workforce is appropriate An outpatient laboratory routinely mails the results of health screening exams to its patients. The lab has received numerous complaints from patients who have received another patient's health information. Even though multiple complaints have been received, no change in process has occurred because the error rate is low in comparison to the volume of mail that is processed daily for the lab. How should the Privacy Officer for this healthcare entity respond to this situation? a. Determine why the lab results are being sent to incorrect patients and train the laboratory staff on the HIPAA Privacy Rule b. Fire the responsible employees c. Do nothing, as these types of errors occur in every healthcare entity d. Retrain the entire hospital entity because these types of errors could result in a huge fine from the Office of Inspector General Correct Answer: a. Determine why the lab results are being sent to incorrect patients and train the laboratory staff on the HIPAA Privacy Rule This situation must be corrected. The privacy officer should complete a process flow and identify the areas where a breakdown in the process is resulting in a complaint of mailing the report to the wrong patient. It is important for the covered entity to take as many precautions as possible to ensure compliance by its workforce. Training is necessary in this situation to mitigate this type of error Anywhere Hospital's coding staff will be working remotely. The entity wants to ensure that they are complying with the HIPAA Security Rule. What type of network uses a private tunnel through the Internet as a transport medium that will allow the transmission of ePHI to occur between the coder and the facility securely? a. Intranet b. Local area network c. Virtual private network d. Wide area network Correct Answer: c. Virtual private network Virtual private network (VPN) uses a secure tunnel through a public network, usually the Internet, to connect remote sites or users. Security procedures include firewalls, encryption, and server authentication Mary Smith has gone [Show More]

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