Homework Week 1 Due: 08/29/2018 1) What protected health information does HIPAA privacy protect? a. Paper b. Electronic c. Spoken d. All the above e. None of the above 2) You notice Drew Brees (Quarterback for the Saints-famous) is in the hospital, couldn’t hurt to look at what he came in for right? a. He is not your patient, no way you look b. Considering it because he is in the hospital you work at c. Yes take a look it doesn’t hurt d. Of course you’re going to look and make sure to tell all of your friends 3) Your patient gives you verbal permission to post a picture on Facebook and you tag them in it. Is that an issue? a. No. The patient said it was ok b. No. you post pictures with patients all the time c. Yes. You should always get written permission from the patients before posting any patient photos or other media online d. You can just remove the tag and it will be ok e. Nope-the patient isn’t even on Facebook so they will not see it 4) How many personal identifiers are there that need to be treated with special care? a. 16 b. 18 c. What is that?! d. 7 e. 4 5) Your doctor forgot to ask a patient a question during the interview. He asks you to email the patient when you get home and ask, what do you do? a. Do it, Wi-Fi is secure and email is password protected b. Only if you have HIPAA compliant email client (most aren’t) c. Yes. The patient’s answer will provide valuable insight into their treatment d. You’re close enough with the patient that it should not be an issue 6) You and your doctor are getting in an elevator as you are talking about the patient, there are other people on the elevator, do you keep discussing the patient? a. It is ok, just make sure you whisper b. Take your phone out and text each other information c. Tell the doctor we should step off to talk about the patient d. Continue talking, the other people aren’t even paying attention 7) You have a work computer with you in the car and you have to run an errand after work, what do you do with the computer a. Leave it in the care-covered with a blanket b. Lock it in the trunk c. Keep it on the seat, you’re only running in for a minute d. Keep it in the car until the next day, you don’t need it at home anyway. And you won’t forget it in the morning now. 8) If you improperly disclose protected health information unknowingly, you could receive a penalty of: a. Written violation from your superior b. Verbal warning and meeting with the head of staff c. Two-week suspension d. Minimum of $100 per violation or maximum of $50,000 per violation, with an annual maximum of $1.5 million. e. $10,000 minimum per violation, with a maximum of 3-month jail
