Privacy and Security in Healthcare and Confidential Information Management Quiz

HIPAA ensures the security and privacy of patient information in the healthcare sector.

Personal details like date of birth are considered sensitive health information.

PHI includes identifiable health information protected under privacy laws.

Audit trails provide a record of user actions for security analysis and monitoring.

ONC sets standards to facilitate the secure exchange of electronic health information.

A 'man-in-the-middle' attack involves unauthorized interception and alteration of data during transmission.

Encryption safeguards health data by making it unreadable without the proper decryption key.

OCR ensures compliance with HIPAA regulations and investigates breaches.

A firewall controls incoming and outgoing network traffic to prevent unauthorized access.

Social engineering uses deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential information.

Risk assessments help healthcare organizations proactively address security vulnerabilities.

Data minimization reduces the amount of collected patient data to only what is essential for healthcare purposes.

A 'zero-day' vulnerability is a security flaw unknown to the software vendor or the public.

DLP systems prevent unauthorized access and transmission of sensitive healthcare data.

Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security by requiring two forms of identification.

Biometric authentication uses unique physical or behavioral traits, like a retina scan, for identity verification.

Role-based access control restricts system access based on user roles to minimize potential breaches.

Business Associate Agreements establish terms for handling PHI between covered entities and their partners.