In relation to the health insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa), what does the term confidentiality mean?

a. patients are assured that only those involved in their care have access to their personal health information
b. patients are assured that only those who work in that particular healthcare facility have access to their personal health information
c. providers are assured that their personal information isn’t shared
d. providers are assured that they have protection from sharing patient information with others

Correct answer choice is:

A. Patients are assured that only those involved in their care have access to their personal health information.

Explanation:

A federal law named the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act refers to most healthcare practitioners and its ordinance, identified as the Privacy Rule, fixes particular laws concerning secrecy, access, and exposure of data. A violation of protected health information (“PHI”) is described as the possession, access, application, or revealing of unsecured PHI, in a way not authorized by HIPAA, which models an important prospect of economic, reputational, or another impairment to the concerned person.

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