The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has identified eighteen personal health identifiers that need to be protected under this law. Which of the following is not one of these recognized personal health identifiers?
a. telephone numbers
b. e-mail addresses
c. hospital or facility admission dates
d. number of items liked on Facebook or Pinterest
D
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), also referred to as the Privacy Act, was enacted to ensure the privacy of personal and confidential patient information. These eighteen recognized personal health identifiers are: names, geographic subdivisions smaller than a state, all elements of dates (except for the year), telephone numbers, fax numbers, social security numbers, medical record numbers, health plan beneficiary numbers, account numbers, license and/or certificate numbers, vehicle identification and serial numbers, device identification and serial numbers, Web universal resource locators (URLs), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, biometric locators (including fingerprints or voiceprints), full-face photographs or images, and any other unique identifying numbers, characteristics, or codes.
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