Providers at a Healthcare System with Many Geographically Dispersed Clinics

question 218

Multiple Choice

Providers at a healthcare system with many geographically dispersed clinics have been fined five times this year after an auditor received notice of the following SMS messages: Which of the following represents the BEST solution for preventing future fines?

• A) Implement a secure text-messaging application for mobile devices and workstations.
• B) Write a policy requiring this information to be given over the phone only.
• C) Provide a courier service to deliver sealed documents containing public health informatics.
• D) Implement FTP services between clinics to transmit text documents with the information.
• E) Implement a system that will tokenize patient numbers.

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