A nurse is explaining to some co-workers that the basic premise behind the confidentiality section of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is that
a. health information belongs to the patient.
b. it is unethical to disclose health records.
c. minor transgressions are not the real issue.
d. only electronic patient records are protected.
A
Although the patient's record itself belongs to the health care provider who created it, the information that the record contains belongs to the patient.
It is unethical to disclose someone's health records in violation of HIPAA, but this is not the best answer because it is more specific to state that the information belongs to the patient.
Any transgression can potentially result in fines or prison sentences.
There are specific sections of HIPAA that deal with electronic record security, but all patient records are protected as confidential information.
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