A Primary Health Care Provider Has Installed a Computer-Based Patient

question 14

Multiple Choice

A primary health care provider has installed a computer-based patient records system.An outside care provider who requests medical information must obtain the patient's signed consent and then is assigned a password to gain access to the medical information.A monthly audit is conducted to determine for whom and for what purpose patient records have been accessed.What term is used to refer to this type of protection?

• A) Privacy
• B) Confidentiality
• C) Security
• D) Data capture

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Definitions:

Degree of Control

Refers to the extent to which individuals feel they have power or influence over the outcomes or events in their lives.

Stress

A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.

Cannon-Bard

A theory proposing that emotion-provoking events lead simultaneously to both emotional and physical reactions.

Experiencing Emotion

The process of feeling or undergoing an emotional state, which involves cognitive, physiological, and behavioral responses to stimuli.