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? Select all that apply
1. Guarantees a patient the right to view and obtain a copy of his or her medical record
2. Guarantees a patient the right to take the original medical chart
3. Asks a patient to specify who can obtain his or her personal health data
4. Ensures the right of a patient to amend his or her own health information
5. Requires hospitals to disclose the way in which a patient's health data will be used
ANS: 1, 3, 4, 5
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