what is HIPAA- ANSWER To improve the portability and accountability of health
insurance coverage, to increase the availability and expand the coverage of long-term
care services, and to simplify the administration of healthcare.
define "use"- ANSWER sharing, employing, using, reviewing, or analyzing health
information within the covered entity
define "disclosure"- ANSWER sharing or releasing PHI in any way outside the covered
entity
HIPAA Privacy Rule- ANSWER is interspersed into the privacy act, Individuals have a
right to an accounting of disclosures of PHI made by the office with the exceptions of
treatment, payment, and health care operations
What is the minimum necessary principle? - ANSWER principle which requires the office
to take reasonable steps to limit the use, disclosure, and request for PHI to the minimum
necessary to accomplish the intended purpose
HIPAA penalties - ANSWER failure to comply ($100/ violation) and
wrongful disclosure
Define ethics - ANSWER the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class
of human actions
informed consent - ANSWER the duty to inform patients or their legal guardian about the
patient's health care and health care options
EMR - ANSWER electronic medical record of patient health info generated by
, encounters at ONE particular delivery setting
EHR ANSWER a longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated
by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting
define interface ANSWER a program designed to enable the exchange of data between
2 sources; enable software to connect one info system to another to share certain data
or outputs
Network - ANSWER group of interconnected computers that are able to exchange
information or programs.
Operating system - ANSWER program that supplies the commands and logic that run
the computer.
Accounts payable - ANSWER business debts owed by the business to others
Accounts receivable - ANSWER debts owed to the business by others
Accounting - ANSWER Information system that provides quantitative data about
finances
assets - ANSWER the value of everything a company owns and uses to conduct their
business
business - ANSWER an org that operates with the intention of making a profit
business plan - ANSWER the ability to create business goals, how they are believed to
be attained, and the plan to achieve them
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