A Day in the Life of a Patient: A HIPAA Review

Follow a patient from admission to discharge, stopping along the way to see how everyone in a hospital, including the patient, is affected by HIPAA.

Estimated course completion time: 30 minutes

Credit Contact Hours:0.5

Tag(s) (CL) - Early Careerist, (CL) - Experienced Professional, Patient Access, (DM) - Self Study, (ST) - Patient Experience, (ST) - Patient Financial Communications, (ST) - Consumerism, (ST) - Revenue Cycle, (PL) - Basic, (RF) - Admissions, (RF) - Client Services, (RF) - Patient Access, (RF) - Patient Accounts, (RF) - Medical Records, (RF) - Patient Experience, (RF) - Patient Engagement, (RF) - Patient Financial Services, (RF) - Revenue Cycle, (AD) - Hospitals and Other Providers, (AD) - Physicians and Other Practitioners

Description

Identify the purpose of the Notice of Privacy Practices and authorization forms.
Identify a situation where the minimum necessary rule would be applied.
Recognize why a patient would invoke the right to request a confidential communication.
Identify one circumstance under which a hospital may share a patient's medical record without the patient's authorization.
Recognize what is meant in the context of HIPAA by incidental disclosures.
Recognize the obligations of a hospital business associate organization with regard to patient protected health information.