Which of the following is a difference between confidentiality ...

[evelyn o bentley]

Which of the following is a difference between confidentiality and privacy?
 A) Confidentiality is the right that all patients have to completely control access to their health information.
  B) Confidentiality is patients' ability to prevent access to all forms of health information from all entities.
  C) Privacy is the right that patients have to be left alone and to control access to their health information.
  D) Privacy is an institution's obligation to prevent unauthorized access to patients' health information.

Question 2

Describe the best way to make a correction to a paper based record.

[Dominic]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

The proper way to correct a paper based health record is to draw a single line through the entry and write error next to it, along with the date, time and initials of the person making the correction.

[evelyn o bentley]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[bdobbins]

TYSM