The Purpose of the Notice of Privacy Practices Is

question 46

Multiple Choice

The purpose of the Notice of Privacy Practices is
1) For patients/policy holders to sign to give the covered entity permission to use and disclose their health information.
2) To communicate to patients/policy holders how covered entities will use and disclose their health information.
3) To inform patients/policy holders about their rights concerning their health information.
4) To tell patients/policy holders to whom and how they can complain when they think their rights have been abused.

• A) All of the above
• B) 1, 2, and 3
• C) 2, 3, and 4
• D) 2 and 3

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Definitions:

Memory

The persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information.

Echoic Memory

A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds.

Iconic Memory

A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.

Retrieval

The process of recalling information stored in memory.