Module 03 Assignment: HIPAA Scenario On Admission To The Psy

Module 03 Assignment Hipaa Scenarioan Admission To The Psych Unit

Read through the description below, then use your knowledge of health information and healthcare systems to answer the questions that follow.

Scenario You are the HIPAA privacy officer and receive a phone call from Audra in Registration who asked to file a HIPAA violation report. Audra reported the following: “Gina from registration returned from vacation this past Sunday, and we worked together. Gina asked me if I had heard that Rebecca’s son was up in Psych. Both Gina and I used to work for Becky. I told her that I did know about it, and then I asked her if she would cover my station for me while I took a break. I didn’t tell her that Rebecca (Becky) was the one that told me when we were at lunch this past Thursday.†Audra continued “I didn’t want to talk about Billy because I know that Becky is crushed by the whole thing. This has been very emotional for her, and I don’t want to make things worse for her. I really feel bad about calling you and even though I get along with Gina, I think it’s awful that she is talking about Billy being a patient upstairs in Psych.â€

1. To confirm Billy’s admission, you access the electronic record and look up Billy in the _____________.a. HIPAA Security Logb. Patient Account Registryc. Confidential Control Recordd. Master Patient Index

2. Billy is confirmed as a patient in room 232 Behavioral Health Unit, so next you want to confirm Gina’s identity. To find out if she is an employee, you call the _____________ department.a. Human Resource departmentb. Information Systems departmentc. Health Information Management Services departmentd. Telecommunications department

3. To ensure that you have all the persons involved correctly identified, you review Billy’s record to identify next of kin. You want to provea. Billy is actually a patient in Psych.b. Audra went to high school with Billy.c. Rebecca is listed as Billy’s parent.d. Both Audra and Gina used to work in patient accounts.

4. You now need to learn who has accessed Billy’s record so you make a request for a _____________ from the Information Systems department.a. Privacy Log Reportb. Behavioral Census Reportc. Security Access Reportd. Medication Administration Report

5. Next, you will schedule private meetings with Rebecca and Gina but first you open the annual _____________ training session ‘sign-in’ log (which included HIPAA Privacy and Security education) to ensure that both received proper training for compliance.a. Fire Safetyb. Employeec. Payrolld. Security

6. Considering the definition of Ethics “moral principles that govern a person's behavior,” who is the least ethical person described above?a. Ginab. Samanthac. Audrad. Rebecca

7. Taking all of the interactions and information above into consideration and considering good ethics and morals, who do you feel violated the HIPAA Privacy Act to the greatest extent?a. Rebeccab. Ginac. Samanthad. Audra

8. Consider workplace relationships between staff, departments and management personnel. Who used poor judgement in communicating about Billy with other staff members particularly when you consider her position at the facility?a. Rebeccab. Ginac. Samanthad. Audra

9. One staff member violated HIPAA (question 7) and one person did not function professionally considering her position at the facility (question 8) – as the HIPAA officer, you will need to follow-up with these two people:a. Rebecca and Audrab. Audra and Samanthac. Samantha and Ginad. Rebecca and Samantha

10. Based on the evidence you gathered in this HIPAA investigation, you will need to update the HIPAA Incident Log and complete a _____________ for the person identified in question 7:a. HIPAA Incident Determination Checklistb. HIPAA Security Auditc. HIPAA Consent Formd. HIPAA Authorization Release