Privacy and security includes which of the following best practices?

Question

Options

• ATalking about consumers in public areas or where you can be overheard
• BSharing your computer password with a new staff that does not have their own
• CIncluding PHI in an unecypted email via a public system
• DKeeping computer screens out of sight of others
• ENone of the above

• C
  2% (1)
• D
  5% (2)
• E
  93% (38)

Explanation

The correct answer is E: None of the above - meaning none of options A through D as presented represent proper best practices when evaluated together. Options A (discussing clients in public), B (sharing passwords), and C (sending PHI in unencrypted email) are clear violations of privacy and security best practices. Option D (keeping computer screens out of sight) IS actually a recognized best practice. The intended lesson of this question is that A, B, and C are all privacy/security violations that staff must avoid, while D represents the kind of physical safeguard that should be followed. Staff should never discuss PHI in public, never share credentials, and never transmit PHI through unsecured channels.

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