You can protect an individual's health information in the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

<\/td>\n	Never share computer passwords.<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	Refrain from collecting medical information that is not absolutely necessary.<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	Always log off the computer (like a hospital work station) when tasks are completed or if leaving the computer unattended.<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	Discuss patient health information in the elevator with others who do not have a \"need to know\".<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	Leave a patient chart open in a public area.<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Question 2<\/b><\/p>\n \n Protected Health Information (PHI) is ANY piece of information that can be used to identify an individual (ACC employee, student, or patient in a clinical setting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/td>\n True<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n False<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Question 3<\/b><\/p>\n \n Minimum necessary means that access to protected health information MUST be limited to only those who \"need to know.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/td>\n False<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n True<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Question 4<\/b><\/p>\n \n Information cannot be shared in which of the following situations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n <\/td>\n A friend of the family wants you to check records (employment\/education\/health) about a family member.<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n You complete and turn into your supervisor an incident report regarding an injury you received on the job.<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n You submit medical documents when requesting medical leave under FMLA.<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Question 5<\/b><\/p>\n \n There are two types of confidentiality breaches (intentional, unintentional). I am accountable only if I breach confidentiality \"intentionally.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/td>\n True<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n False<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Question 6<\/b><\/p>\n \n You have the right to share your coworkers information with your supervisor at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/td>\n True<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n False<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Question 7<\/b><\/p>\n \n If someone overhears a conversation when I am discussing an employee's health information with an appropriate supervisor, and I took reasonable precautions to prevent an unintentional disclosure, this would be considered an incidental disclosure and not punishable as a breach of confidentiality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/td>\n False<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n True<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Question 8<\/b><\/p>\n \n I can always go to my supervisor or the HIPAA Privacy Officer for clarification of ACC HIPAA privacy policies and procedures questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/td>\n True<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n False<\/label><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/form>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question 1There are two types of confidentiality breaches (intentional, unintentional). I am accountable only if I breach confidentiality \"intentionally.\" True False Question 2Information cannot be shared in which of the following situations: A friend of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":394,"featured_media":0,"parent":324,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/hipaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/hipaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/hipaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/hipaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/394"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/hipaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/hipaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/hipaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/hipaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}