Chapter 16 Quiz

Question 1

Which of the following must be reported to the medical examiner by law?

a. Morbidity
b. Burns
c. Cause of injury
d. Accidental deaths

Answer 1

Accidental deaths

Question 2

Which of the following is(are) true regarding the reporting of communicable diseases?

a. The usual reporting time is 24 hours
b. The diseases to be reported are established by state law
c. Reporting is required because of the public health threat they present
d. All of the options are correct

Answer 2

All of the options are correct

Question 3

Medical device reporting is allowable without patient authorization under HIPAA for which of the following?

a. Tracking product recalls
b. Conducting post marketing surveillance
c. Collecting or reporting of adverse events
d. All of the options are correct

Answer 3

All of the options are correct

Question 4

Which of the following generally describes a coroner?

a. Coroner is appointed or elected and may or may not be a physician
b. Coroner must be appointed by the court
c. Coroner is always male
d. Coroner must be a pathologist

Answer 4

Coroner is appointed or elected and may or may not be a physician

Question 5

Who is responsible for signing a death certificate in most states?

a. Public health official
b. Medical examiner
c. Coroner
d. Physician

Answer 5

Physician

Question 6

All of the following are examples of unusual events that healthcare facilities typically must report except _____.

a. Wrong site surgery
b. Workers’ compensation cases
c. Medical error
d. Falls resulting in fractures

Answer 6

Workers’ compensation cases

Question 7

The HIPAA Privacy Rule states that required reporting is _____ from the HIPAA Privacy Rule

a. Mandated
b. Preempted
c. Regulated
d. Exempt

Answer 7

Exempt

Question 8

Reporting of births by state law is allowable for which of the following reasons?

a. Babies are cute and people want to know about them
b. Data is necessary to determine where to build daycare centers
c. Data is necessary to provide to diaper manufacturers
d. Data is necessary to identify trends

Answer 8

Data is necessary to identify trends

Question 9

What statement best describes the right of a mother about the reporting of her child’s birth?

a. She may request an account of the disclosure about the birth
b. She may object to the reportng of the birth
c. She may limit the amount of information that is reported
d. She may request a restriction to the amount of information that is reported

Answer 9

She may request an account of the disclosure about the birth

Question 10

Over a 24hour time period a large number of individuals have arrived in the emergency department of a local hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea that they have all seemed to pick up at a local restaurant in town. The hospital has provided the public health department with the PHI of all patients treated for the illness. Did the hospital have the right to disclose this information?

a. No, under no circumstance can the hospital release PHI without patient authorization
b. Yes, the hospital may disclose PHI to a public health department if state law does not specifically require it if the disclosure is for controlling the spread of disease
c. No, the hospital needed to verbally ask the patient id it was ok to release the PHI
d. None of the options are correct

Answer 10

Yes, the hospital may disclose PHI to a public health department if state law does not specifically require it if the disclosure is for controlling the spread of disease

Question 11

Under the Privacy Rule, which of the following must be included in a patient accounting of disclosures?

Answer 11

State-mandated report of a sexually transmitted disease

Question 12

The National Practitioner Data Bank requires reporting of all of the following circumstances as related to a healthcare provider on staff at a hospital except _____.

Answer 12

Income tax evasion

Question 13

Which of the following statements is the least likely reason a state would require the reporting of a gunshot wound and subsequent death of a 16-year-old involved in a drive-by shooting?

Answer 13

Patient was a minor

Question 14

Disclosure of workers’ compensation records is governed by_____.

Answer 14

State statues

Question 15

Vital records are concerned with all of the following except _____.

Answer 15

Adoptions

Question 16

Which of the following actions are included about a physician in the National Practitioner Data Bank?

a. Malpractice lawsuits
b. Disciplinary actions
c. Credentialing information from other facilities
d. Personal bankruptcy
e. a, b, and c

Answer 16

a, b, and c

Question 17

Reporting events for the conduct of public health surveillance is allowed under the doctrine of _________.

Answer 17

Preemption

Question 18

Cancer registries are established _____.

Answer 18

Voluntarily or by state law

Question 19

Which of the following is not considered to be a vital record?

Answer 19

Public health certificate

Question 20

The purpose of the trauma registry is for all of the following except _____.

Answer 20

Prosecute those that cause trauma to others

Question 21

Required reportable deaths often include all of the following except _____.

Answer 21

Natural death

Question 22

A clinical registry is a collection of secondary data derived from a patient’s health record, which may be used for all of the following except _____.

Answer 22

Enforcing HIPAA violations

Question 23

Disclosure regarding reportable conditions under state laws and regulations _____.

Answer 23

Must be included in the AOD maintained by the facility

Question 24

Notification of a designated organ procurement agency in a timely manner after patient death is required by _____.

Answer 24

Federal law