PBS 2.1.5-2.1.6 Quiz Review (Quizizz)

Read the following scenario: A health insurance company took custody of medical records pertaining to approximately 5,000 to 8,000 patients while assisting a retiring physician to transition her patients to new providers, and while considering the possibility of purchasing some of the physician’s practice. The company's employees, with notice that the physician was not at home, left 71 cardboard boxes of these medical records unattended and accessible to unauthorized persons on the driveway of the physician’s home, within 20 feet of the public road and a short distance away from a heavily trafficked public shopping venue. Was HIPAA violated or not, and if so, who violated it?

• HIPAA was not violated; no one was at fault.

• HIPAA was violated, but no one was particularly at fault.

• HIPAA was violated; the retiring physician was at fault.

• HIPAA was violated; the health insurance company was at fault.

HIPAA stands for

• Health Information Protection and Accountability Act.

• Health Information Privacy Assurance Act.

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

• Health International Privacy Assistance Act.

Which of the following is NOT a violation of HIPAA?

• A receptionist at a clinic gives a father who calls in the times his son came in for an appointment.

• An employer who calls the doctor to verify health information provided by the employee to receive health benefits and time off.

• The doctor calls public health services to notify that a patient has contracted a very contagious viral infection.

• Two doctors discuss the case of a patient in detail at a restaurant in a private booth but unintentionally are overheard by other people.

Who is liable (held responsible) under HIPAA when it concerns a person's health information?

• doctors

• lawyers

• friends

• anyone with access to health information in the course of their job duties

Which of the following is protected under HIPAA?

• The individual’s name, address, birth date, and social security number

• The individual’s past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition

• The health care services provided to the individual

• The past, present, or future payment for health services provided to the individual

What are the appropriate times that information in patient records can be shared?

• Providing information for legal proceedings

• Discussing a patient's annoying behavior during lunch between two colleagues

• Assisting coroners or medical examiners to identify a deceased person, determine the cause of death, and perform other functions authorized by law

• Disclosing information to specific agencies as required by public health laws for the purpose of controlling infectious disease

What is the responsibility or what are the responsibilities that professionals must take to keep all individually identifiable health information confidential?

• Professionals are not to speak about patients with any identifiable information with anyone other than the other professionals working with the patient.

• Professionals are permitted to communicate with patients regarding their health care, including through the mail or by phone. Messages may be left with family members, on voice mail, or other means with patient consent.

• Professionals must keep information confidential from legal authorities requesting patient information during legal proceedings like a trial.

• Professionals must make reasonable efforts to avoid being overheard and reasonably limit shared information.

Which of the following is the primary source of energy for organisms?

• lipids

• nucleic acids

• carbohydrates

• proteins

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Insulin is made in the

• heart

• bloodstream

• liver

• pancreas

What acts like a "doorbell" meaning it must be activated to signal something to open in the glucose-insulin response pathway?

• insulin receptor

• insulin

• glucose

• glucose transport protein

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3