Health Information Is Protected by the Privacy Rule as Long

question 31

Multiple Choice

Health information is protected by the Privacy Rule as long as:

• A) The authorization has been revoked by the physician
• B) The patient remains a citizen of the United States
• C) The information is under the control of HHS
• D) The information is in the possession of a covered entity
• E) The information is not also available on paper forms

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Definitions:

Correlation

A statistical measure that describes the extent to which two variables change together, but doesn't necessarily indicate causation.

ANCOVA

Short for Analysis of Covariance, a statistical technique that adjusts the means of dependent variables for one or more covariates before comparing the means of different groups.

Linear Regression

Linear Regression is a statistical method for modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables, indicating how the dependent variable changes as the independent variable(s) change.

Multiple Regression

A method in statistics that employs multiple explanatory variables to forecast the result of a dependent variable.