Ch 10 Flashcards
Term: Personal and confidential information about patients should be limited to conveying it to the absolute minimum number of healthcare employees
minimum necessary standard
Act: Provides private citizens some control over information that the federal government collects about them by limiting the use of information for unnecessary purposes
Privacy Act of 1974
Under the Privacy Act of 1974 individuals were given the right to (4):
- Find out what info is collected about them by the govt.
- See and have a copy of that info
- Correct or amend their info
- Exercise control over disclosure of info
Act: regulates the privacy and confidentiality of patient health information.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA)
law: went into effect on April 14, 2001 and required that all “covered entities” must be in compliance with the privacy, security, and electronic data provisions by 2003.
the Privacy Rule
Term: a reason for each use and disclosure of patient information
permission
term: any individually identifiable information that relates to all past, present, and future physical or mental conditions or the provision of healthcare to an individual
Protected Health Information (PHI)
Act: includes measure to modernize the nation’s use of technology when handling private health information
The HITECH Act (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health)
EHR stands for:
Electronic Health Records
term: Public health authorities, healthcare clearinghouses, and self-insured employers, as well as private insurers, information systems vendors, various service organizations, and universities are all included under HIPAA
covered entities
term: a private or public entity that processes or facilitates the processing of nonstandard electronic transactions into HIPAA.
clearinghouse
term: an individual or group plan that provides or pays for medical care
healthcare plan
TPO stands for
Treatment, Payment, healthcare Operations
term: situation where the state’s privacy laws are stricter than the privacy standards established by HIPAA
state’s preemption
term: uses an employer’s tax ID number or their EIN as standard code number for all electronic transmissions
Employer Identifier Standard (EIS)
