Question

TRUE OR FALSE

* Disclosure without written patient authorization is fine in emergency situation.

* Josie has recently changed jobs. She had previously worked in an acute care facility for ten years but now works in a psychiatric hospital. She has been handling release of information records of mental health records just like she did in the hospital for a general medical record. She has been releasing these mental health medical records properly.

* HIV testing can be mandated by hospital legal counsel.

* A system that assigns a unique identifier, such as a number or coding system, to an individual who undergoes HIV testing is called regulatory testing.  

* Where a conflict between federal and state law appears, whichever law is stricter will apply.

* As with all medical records, if a physician office closes down the medical records must be automatically transferred to another physician with patients notified of where the records will be maintained.

Answer 1

* Disclosure without written patient authorization is fine in emergency situation. TRUE

* Josie has recently changed jobs. She had previously worked in an acute care facility for ten years but now works in a psychiatric hospital. She has been handling release of information records of mental health records just like she did in the hospital for a general medical record. She has been releasing these mental health medical records properly. FALSE

Rationale: Additional requirements for patient record content and more stringent privacy requirements are associated with mental health records. Official record for mental health care are documented by providers and includes care and treatment. Mental health records cannot be released just like a general medical record.

* HIV testing can be mandated by hospital legal counsel. FALSE

Rationale : Need to be done basis court orders

* A system that assigns a unique identifier, such as a number or coding system, to an individual who undergoes HIV testing is called regulatory testing. FALSE

Rationale : Anonymous Testing is a system that assigns a unique identifier to the individual tested, thereby protecting his or her identity.

* Where a conflict between federal and state law appears, whichever law is stricter will apply. TRUE

* As with all medical records, if a physician office closes down the medical records must be automatically transferred to another physician with patients notified of where the records will be maintained. TRUE

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