10 Digit Alphanumeric
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Question: Technical Safeguards are used to protect information through the use of which of the following?
Encryption
2. Authentication programs
3. Encryption and Authentication programs
4.None of the above
Answer: 3. Encryption and Authentication
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Answer: 3. Data encryption; Sign-on codes and passwords
Question: In general, information about a patient can be shared ______
1. When it is directly related to treatment
2. Only when it is not related to treatment
3. Only when the patient authorizes it specifically
4. Only with other medical personnel
Answer: 1. When it is directly related to treatment
Question: The __________ is a unique ten-digit alphanumeric
1. Employer identification number
2. ICD-10-CM
3. National provider identifier (NPI)
4. ICDM-10-XB
Answer: 3. National provider identifier (NPI)
Question: The coming of computers in medicine has ______
1. Slowed down procedures
2. Made it harder to access records
3. Created new dangers for breach of confidentiality
4. Automatically made breach of confidentiality less likely
Answer: 3. Created new dangers for breach of confidentiality
Question: The privacy and data security portions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) was passed ______
1. In 1996
2. In 2000
3. In April, 2003
4. In October, 2003
Answer: 1. In 1996
Question: Of the following types of conversations about patients, the one(s) that constitute(s) a violation of patient privacy is:
1. Conversations in public areas
2. Telephone conversations
3. Conversations at home with friends and family
4. All of the above
Answer: 4. All of the above
Question: Among the permitted disclosures that do not require patient permission are reporting:
1. Vital statistics
2. Communicable diseases
3. Adverse reactions to drugs or medical devices to the FDA
4. All of the above
Answer: 4. All of the above
Question: In a conversation, enough information to identify patients may be revealed, even if patient names are not used
1. true
2. false
Answer: 1. True