A Nursing Instructor Is Educating a Group of Student Nurses

question 3

Multiple Choice

A nursing instructor is educating a group of student nurses about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) . The nursing instructor teaches that HIPAA does which of the following?

• A) Guarantees a patient the right to view and obtain a copy of his or her medical record
• B) Guarantees a patient the right to take the original medical chart
• C) Asks a patient to specify who can obtain his or her personal health data
• D) Ensures the right of a patient to amend his or her own health information
• E) Requires hospitals to disclose the way in which a patient's health data will be used

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