Question 1: Which of the following was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, to ensure that all Americans have access to healthcare that is affordable and driven by quality standards?
A) PPACA
B) ARRA
C) HITECH
D) Healthcare.gov
Question 2: What are the privacy rights afforded patients pursuant to the HIPAA Privacy Rule (45 CFR Parts 160 and 164)?
A) The maximum rights of quality, efficiency and effectiveness
B) Patients must be informed of disclosed PHI other than for treatment, payment and healthcare operations
C) There are no rights afforded to patients
D) These are security provisions that do not protect patient privacy
Question 3: True or False: HIPAA required HHS to develop regulations that both protect the privacy and security of electronic health information and facilitate its efficient transmission.
True
False
Question 4: Which of the following took effect on April 14, 2003, and established national standards for the protection of individually identifiable health information?
A) HIPAA Privacy Rule
B) HIPAA Security Rule
C) Health Information Protection Act
D) None of the above.
Question 5: To comply with the requirements of the act, HHS published what are commonly known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the HIPAA Security Rule. The difference between the privacy rule and the security rule is best described in which statement below?
A) The Privacy Rule complements the Security Rule; while the Security Rule pertains to all PHI, including paper and electronic records, the Privacy Rule deals specifically with electronic protected health information (ePHI).
B) The Security Rule complements the Privacy Rule; while the Privacy Rule pertains to all PHI, including paper and electronic records, the Security Rule deals specifically with electronic protected health information (ePHI).
Question 6: True or False: The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is the only agency designated to certify products.
True
False
Question 7: Which of the following statements is correct?
A) HHS commissioned the HITSP to assist in developing a NHIN, which would create a nationwide, interoperable, private, and secure exchange of health information between EHRs.
B) CMS commissioned the NHIN to assist in developing a HITSP, which would create a nationwide, interoperable, private, and secure exchange of health information between EHRs.
C) ONC commissioned the HITSP to assist in developing a NHIN, which would create a nationwide, interoperable, private, and secure exchange of health information between EHRs.
D) ONC commissioned the NHIN to assist in developing a HITSP, which would create a nationwide, interoperable, private, and secure exchange of health information between EHRs.
Question 8: Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Ethics precedes law; ethics is the study of a society's set of rules.
B) Law precedes ethics; ethics is the study of a society's set of rules.
C) Ethics precedes law; law is the study of a society's set of rules.
D) Law precedes ethics; law is the study of a society's set of rules.
Question 9: Appropriateness is a concept related to which of the following?
A) Ethics
B) Law
Question 10: Appropriate uses require contributions to patient care, such as which of the following?
A) Storing clinical notes, lab reports, and so on
B) Monitoring, analyzing, and referring to these entries
C) Making clinical inferences, developing treatment plans
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
Question 11: Which of the following correctly describes the difference between confidentiality and privacy?
A) Confidentiality applies to information, but privacy pertains to people.
B) Privacy applies to information, but confidentiality pertains to people.
Question 12: PHI includes which of the following? (select all that apply)
A) Individually identifiable health information that can be used to identify an individual
B) Identification of an individual's past, present, or future medical condition
C) Specific identifiers listed in the HIPAA administrative simplification provisions rules
D) Demographic data
E) Healthcare-related data.