CHCP - HIPPA, OSHA, MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION, & VITAL SIGNS FINAL REVIEW

CHCP - HIPPA, OSHA, MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION, & VITAL
SIGNS FINAL REVIEW

1. What is HIPAA?: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
2. What does HIPAA protect?: ØEstablishes national standards to protect individuals' medical records
and other personal health information and applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care
providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically.

Requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health information, and sets limits and conditions on
the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without patient authorization.

Gives patients rights over their health information, including rights to examine and obtain a copy of their health records, and to
request corrections.
3. What are medical records?: Systematic documentation of a single patient's medical history and care
across time within one particular health care provider's jurisdiction.
4. What is PHI?: Protected Health Information

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Relatives' and employers'
names Telephone #'s
Social
Security
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Email
Address
Fax Number
Medical Record Number
Health plan beneficiary
number Account number
Certificate or license number
Serial number of any
vehicle/device Website
address
Fingerprints/voiceprints
Photographic images
5. What are patients' rights?: Within a Covered Entity's records, patients have the right to:

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