10 Digit Alphanumeric

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Question: Technical Safeguards are used to protect information through the use of which of the following?

1. Encryption

2. 2. Authentication programs

3. 3. Encryption and Authentication programs

4. 4.None of the above

5. Answer: 3. Encryption and Authentication

6. Question:

7. Answer: 3. Data encryption; Sign-on codes and passwords

8. Question: In general, information about a patient can be shared ______

9. 1. When it is directly related to treatment

10. 2. Only when it is not related to treatment

11. 3. Only when the patient authorizes it specifically

12. 4. Only with other medical personnel

13. Answer: 1. When it is directly related to treatment

14. Question: The __________ is a unique ten-digit alphanumeric

15. 1. Employer identification number

16. 2. ICD-10-CM

17. 3. National provider identifier (NPI)

18. 4. ICDM-10-XB

19. Answer: 3. National provider identifier (NPI)

20. Question: The coming of computers in medicine has ______

21. 1. Slowed down procedures

22. 2. Made it harder to access records

23. 3. Created new dangers for breach of confidentiality

24. 4. Automatically made breach of confidentiality less likely

25. Answer: 3. Created new dangers for breach of confidentiality

26. Question: The privacy and data security portions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) was passed ______

27. 1. In 1996

28. 2. In 2000

29. 3. In April, 2003

30. 4. In October, 2003

31. Answer: 1. In 1996

32. Question: Of the following types of conversations about patients, the one(s) that constitute(s) a violation of patient privacy is:

33. 1. Conversations in public areas

34. 2. Telephone conversations

35. 3. Conversations at home with friends and family

36. 4. All of the above

37. Answer: 4. All of the above

38. Question: Among the permitted disclosures that do not require patient permission are reporting:

39. 1. Vital statistics

40. 2. Communicable diseases

41. 3. Adverse reactions to drugs or medical devices to the FDA

42. 4. All of the above

43. Answer: 4. All of the above

44. Question: In a conversation, enough information to identify patients may be revealed, even if patient names are not used

45. 1. true

46. 2. false

47. Answer: 1. True