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Dr. Brown has just approved the patient's request to amend the medical record. Dr. Brown has routed the request with his approval to the HIM Department. What should the HIM Department do?

  1. File the request where the erroneous information is located.
  2. File the request where the erroneous information is located and send a copy of the amendment to anyone who has a copy of the erroneous information.
  3. File in the front of the chart.
  4. File the request where the erroneous information is located and send a copy of the amendment to anyone who has a copy of the erroneous information plus anyone the patient requests.

Answer(s): D



State law says that the hospital must keep a record of disclosures for 10 years. HIPAA says 6 years. What should the hospital do to comply with the conflicting laws?

  1. Keep it the 10 years required by the state because it is stricter than HIPA
  2. Keep it 6 years because HIPAA is a federal law that preempts state laws.
  3. Keep it 10 years if you are a state hospital, 6 years if you are not a state hospital.
  4. Keep it 6 years if you are a federal hospital, 6 years if you are not a federal hospital.

Answer(s): A



Patricia is processing a request for medical records. The record contains an operative note and a discharge summary from another hospital. The records are going to another physician for patient care. What should Patricia do?

  1. Notify the requester that redisclosure is illegal and so he must get the operative and; discharge summary records from the original source hospital.
  2. Include the documents from the other hospital.
  3. Redisclose when necessary for patient care.

Answer(s): B



Ralph has asked for a list of disclosures of his medical record. He seems surprised not to see his physician, Dr. Emory, on it. What do you tell him?

  1. Dr. Emory has not viewed the medical record.
  2. Disclosures used for treatment are not recorded.
  3. You will run the report again to make sure you rant he report correctly.
  4. Go talk to Dr. Emory.

Answer(s): B



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