Week 5 - Discussion Week
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The purpose of this discussion is to recap the HIPAA guidelines for PHI as they apply to medical transcription.
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Follow the 3-Step Plan and Student Checklist to meet the Discussion Grading Rubric expectations.
Due Wednesday at 11:59 pm EST.
Step 1: Read the Discussion Background:
You're working as a medical transcriptionist (MT) at Dr. Gomez's dermatology office While transcribing you recognize a patient's name in the medical document. The
pathology report indicates a good prognosis for the patient, and you want to tell the patient the good news because you know she has been anxious and depressed
Step 2: Create a new thread and answer all three parts of the initial prompt below:
1. Explain one privacy regulations that you will need to consider when working with patients' medical records
2. Explain how you will ensure you are in compliance with the privacy regulation you chose
3. Describe one possible outcome if you do speak with the patient about her lab results,

cancer may have started a fight but will finish it.♡

use of tobacco (chewing or oral intake–cause of oral cancer)

.premature or childhood pregnancies and lack of sexual hygiene (causes in cancer of ovaries and uterus of women)

.use of contraceptive pills of oral use and childlessness among women who never breast-feed (causes in breast cancer)

smoking (cause of lung cancer)

other environmental causes

air and water pollution

excessive exposure to radiation

eating and sleeping habits in violation of the laws of natural living

suppressive and unnatural (body unfriendly) treatment of common diseases

excessive exposure to harmful chemicals of the following types—

benzene

arsenic

chromium

cadmium

asbestos

vinyl chloride

polycyclic hydrocarbons etc.

below are types of cancer:

lung cancer

prostate cancer

colorectal cancer

bladder cancer

breast cancer

melanoma

kidney cancer

liver cancer transplant

pancreatic cancer

thyroid cancer

cervical cancer

colorectal cancer

lymphoma

ovarian cancer

skin cancer

uterine cancer

vaginal and vulvar cancers

the correct answer choices are a- b- and d