Informatics

Question 1

Results from MRI scan are accidently mailed to the wrong person, is this HIPAA violation

Answer 1

This is a HIPAA violation

Question 2

consider a PACS network in which imaging studies are distributed directly to specific reading stations and to PACS archive server. What are two main advantages of this distribution system.

Answer 2

1. images are duplicated in the PACS archive server and at the reading workstation
2. If the archiver server goes down, images can still be sent to specific reading stations

Question 3

To avoid violation of federal law on patient data protections, access to electric medical records (EMR) should be protected with

Answer 3

1. Complex passcode requirements
2. Anti-hacking software
3. Encryption

Question 4

When diagnostic studies are view and interpreted directly through the PACS server, this presents what potential disadvantages?

Answer 4

if the PACS server goes down, all images are inaccessible.

Question 5

A PACS network consists of which three of the following

Answer 5

1. archive server
2. imaging modality
3. display workstations

Question 6

a server PACS system is designed with a back-up distribution network used to send imaging studies to specific reading stations. in the event that the PACS server becomes inaccessible, what are the two main advantages of sending images to specific reading station

Answer 6

1. prior imaging studies are not accessible

2. imaging studies are not accessible all PACS reading stations

Question 7

A patient requests a paper copy of their radiology report. if the paper report is provided directly to the patient, is this a HIPAA violation?

Answer 7

This is not a HIPAA violation

Question 8

Consider the scenario: The director of the radiology department is brought to the emergency department unconscious following a severe motor vehicle accident. After a CT head is performed, the radiology staff not involved in the case gather around the PACS monitor to view the images. is this a breach of the HIPAA law?

Answer 8

This is a breach of HIPAA law

Question 9

When a PACS network runs through a standard web-based network, this can result in which of these disadvantages?

Answer 9

If the internet is slow, image take longer to access

Question 10

What software program is used for digital documentation of all patient health information

Answer 10

Electronic medical record (EMR)

The EMR allows an institution or physician’s office to track all of a patient’s medical information in a digital format, rather than a paper copy

Question 11

What component of a PACS network provides for permanent storage of image information?

Answer 11

Archive server

Question 12

Which part of the PACS system houses all of the historic digital image data along with the current digital being generated by the modalities

Answer 12

Archive server

Question 13

A hospital employee left a telephone message with the daughter of a patient that detailed the results of a recent medical examination. is this a HIPAA violation?

Answer 13

This is a HIPAA violation only if the daughter has not been identified to receive protected health information on behalf of her mother

Question 14

A technologist leaves a radiology requisition in a public bathroom near the sink. is this defined as a breach of HIPAA law

Answer 14

This is a breach of HIPAA law

Question 15

Which of the following is used for long-term storage of digital image data?

Answer 15

PACS

Question 16

To avoid violation of the HIPAA law, paper medical records must be stored

Answer 16

in lock rooms or file cabinets

Question 17

A hospital stores old radiographic patient films in an unlocked room. is this a HIPAA violation
?

Answer 17

This is a HIPAA violation

Question 18

Concerning personal health records, federal law does not allow a patient to

Answer 18

remove their health records from a system database

Question 19

After performing the procedure, a technologist views the radiology report on their older sibling using the organization’s PACS system? is this a HOPAA violation

Answer 19

This is a HIPAA violation only if the technologist did not have consent from the sibling to view the report

Question 20

Patient records are shared between medical providers using

Answer 20

Electronic Health record

Question 21

in a server-based PACS network, what are two main advantage of accessing the archive server through a dedicated PACS network?

Answer 21

1. prior studies are immediately accessible

2. Only one radiologist can access the study for interpretation

Question 22

Imaging ang archiving in radiology communicate using a digital format called:

Answer 22

Digital imaging and communication medicine (DICOM)

Question 23

Which of the following defined standards for radiology image formatting?

Answer 23

DICOM

Question 24

What does acronym PACS stand for

Answer 24

Picture Archiving and Communication System

Question 25

A radiologist requested that a repeat scan be performed on a CT patient, stating, “ the patient’s head was not positioned correctly.” if the technologies views the original images to identified the mistake, is this a HIPAA violation

Answer 25

This is not a HIPAA violation

Question 26

A PACS network is used to connect which of the following?

Answer 26

1. Radiologist reading station
2. Imaging equipment
3. PACS server

Question 27

The HIPAA created health care laws regarding

Answer 27

1. Patient right to access their health information
2. Health information privacy
3. Health information security

Question 28

Someone in the radiology clerical staff places a billing statement in a waiting room trash can. is this a breach of the HIPAA law?

Answer 28

This is a breach of HIPAA law

Question 29

According to the HIPAA law, protected health information includes which three of the following?

Answer 29

1. Billing and payment for care received
2. Patient health condition
3. Treatment received for health condition