NAME: ______

DATE: ______

In-Service - March 2012

POST-TEST HIPAA page 1

Name ______

1. Most people are okay with others knowing their personal health information (circle true or false)

True False

2. Some key facts about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) are: (circle the correct answer or answers)

a.  The rules gives client’s rights over their health information

b.  Sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive their health information

c.  Includes written, verbal (oral) and electronic ( computer) information

d.  The rule protects all “individually identifiable health information

e. All of the above

3. HIPAA or the privacy rule is a Federal Law (circle true or false)

True False

4. According to the privacy rule, individually identifiable health information or protected health information (PHI) covers the following client information: (circle the correct answer or answers)

a.  name

b.  address

c.  diagnosis

d.  medical history

e.  health care provided to the client

f.  All of the above

5. It is okay to discuss your client’s with your church members without asking your client (circle true or false)

True False

6. The HIPAA privacy rule is balanced so that is permits the disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other important purposes (circle true or false)

True False

7. Ask your client if you have their ______to discuss their care with their family members and inform your supervisor (fill in the blank)

March 2012

NAME: ______

8 . Sharing information on social media is not allowed, social media includes the following: (circle the correct answer or answers):

a. Cell phones with cameras

b. Blogging

c. My space

d. Facebook

e. You tube

f. Twitter

g. all of the above

HIPAA post test page 2 Name______

9. It is okay to text information about your client’s since you can erase the text (circle true or false)

True False

10. It is important that you know how to handle confidential information to protect yourself, your client and your agency ( circle True or False):

True False

Bonus- You are at the home of your morning client and you call the office to check in with your supervisor about your afternoon assignment. Your morning client is sitting in the same room with you and you start discussing your afternoon client and some problems you are having with that client. Is this a HIPAA violation, why or why not?

______

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