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Confidentiality in Allied Health – Exam final
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If disclosure of PHI is permitted under HIPAA, what is disclosed?
A: Information both the patient and doctor think should be disclosed.
B: The minimum information necessary to accomplish the purpose of the
disclosure.
C: Information the doctor thinks should be disclosed.
D: All information the particular doctor has on that patient. -
✔ANASWER✔-B
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What is a doctor's responsibility if a patient requests restrictions on the use of his or
her PHI?
A: The doctor need not comply with the patient's wishes if HIPAA would otherwise
permit the use.
B: The doctor must comply with the patient's wishes if the patient has a good
cause.
C: Since HIPAA doesn't address this issue, the doctor is free to decide on a case-
by-case basis.
D. The doctor must comply with the patient's wishes. - ✔ANASWER✔-A
The purpose of a subpoena duces tecum is to
A: command a plaintiff to witness during his or her trial
B: require a health care worker to testify about a patient's condition
C: command a witness to produce documents or things
D: limit the amount of information that can be released from a medical record -
✔ANASWER✔-C
A woman is brought into an emergency room after a severe automobile accident.
She's unconscious and badly injured. Her husband arrives at the emergency room
at the same time as she arrives in the ambulance. The doctor explains the wife's
condition to her husband and asks for permission to operate on her. The husband
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agrees to the operation. The husband's approval for the operation is called
________ consent.
A: contractual
B: mutual
C: informed
D: substituted - ✔ANASWER✔-D
Margaret is a human resource professional who is staffing a temporary assignment
for a small hospital. As part of her recruitment efforts, she needs to review the
competence and qualifications of 10 outpatient medical coders who will work from
home as part of the assignment. This responsibility would fall under the heading of
______ for purposes of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
A: recruitment classification
B: health care operations
C: medical employment classification
D. administrative operations - ✔ANASWER✔-C - section 4 UNABLE TO
CONFIRM
Which of the following is an example of demonstrative evidence?
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A: Map
B: Oral testimony
C: Medical Record
D: Surgeon's scalpel - ✔ANASWER✔-D
Real evidence = a paper copy of a patient's statement showing mis-coded
information
Demonstrative Evidence = a physician's stethoscope
Documentary Evidence = Nurse Reed's statement regarding the alleged assault
Testimonial Evidence = an illustration of a surgical procedure
Which of the following pieces of information would be allowed as part of a limited
data set?
A: Birth date
B: Social Security Number
C: Email address
Confidentiality in Allied Health – Exam final
update Questions and Answers |With 100%
Verified Solutions | Updated & Verified | 2025
If disclosure of PHI is permitted under HIPAA, what is disclosed?
A: Information both the patient and doctor think should be disclosed.
B: The minimum information necessary to accomplish the purpose of the
disclosure.
C: Information the doctor thinks should be disclosed.
D: All information the particular doctor has on that patient. -
✔ANASWER✔-B
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What is a doctor's responsibility if a patient requests restrictions on the use of his or
her PHI?
A: The doctor need not comply with the patient's wishes if HIPAA would otherwise
permit the use.
B: The doctor must comply with the patient's wishes if the patient has a good
cause.
C: Since HIPAA doesn't address this issue, the doctor is free to decide on a case-
by-case basis.
D. The doctor must comply with the patient's wishes. - ✔ANASWER✔-A
The purpose of a subpoena duces tecum is to
A: command a plaintiff to witness during his or her trial
B: require a health care worker to testify about a patient's condition
C: command a witness to produce documents or things
D: limit the amount of information that can be released from a medical record -
✔ANASWER✔-C
A woman is brought into an emergency room after a severe automobile accident.
She's unconscious and badly injured. Her husband arrives at the emergency room
at the same time as she arrives in the ambulance. The doctor explains the wife's
condition to her husband and asks for permission to operate on her. The husband
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agrees to the operation. The husband's approval for the operation is called
________ consent.
A: contractual
B: mutual
C: informed
D: substituted - ✔ANASWER✔-D
Margaret is a human resource professional who is staffing a temporary assignment
for a small hospital. As part of her recruitment efforts, she needs to review the
competence and qualifications of 10 outpatient medical coders who will work from
home as part of the assignment. This responsibility would fall under the heading of
______ for purposes of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
A: recruitment classification
B: health care operations
C: medical employment classification
D. administrative operations - ✔ANASWER✔-C - section 4 UNABLE TO
CONFIRM
Which of the following is an example of demonstrative evidence?
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A: Map
B: Oral testimony
C: Medical Record
D: Surgeon's scalpel - ✔ANASWER✔-D
Real evidence = a paper copy of a patient's statement showing mis-coded
information
Demonstrative Evidence = a physician's stethoscope
Documentary Evidence = Nurse Reed's statement regarding the alleged assault
Testimonial Evidence = an illustration of a surgical procedure
Which of the following pieces of information would be allowed as part of a limited
data set?
A: Birth date
B: Social Security Number
C: Email address
