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HIT-001 · Question #467
You are the newly hired privacy officer for a dermatology practice. Your first step in fulfilling HIPAA is also the first thing you will need to do to acclimatize yourself to your job. familiarize…
The correct answer is C. Assess the risks to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the EPHI there. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
You are the newly hired privacy officer for a dermatology practice. Your first step in fulfilling HIPAA is also the first thing you will need to do to acclimatize yourself to your job. familiarize yourself with the environment under your auspices. You know that you have to perform a "risk assessment" under HIPAA . What would you be looking for?
Options
- AAssess the risks to the practice's finances in maintaining an EPHI system
- BAssess the risks to patients and the practice if EPHI were violated or exposed
- CAssess the risks to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the EPHI there
- DAssess the risks to the physical safeguards that protect EPHI
How the community answered
(41 responses)- A2% (1)
- B7% (3)
- C78% (32)
- D12% (5)
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