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Medical Records

Medical records are legal, written records concerning a patient's medical history, psychiatric history, chief complaint, symptoms, assessment and testing, diagnoses, symptoms, treatments and procedures, medications, and outcomes or responses. All medical professionals are required to document information in their patients' medical records. This category includes the common medical and legal forms patients must complete, what information might be written into a patient's record, how to obtain a copy of your patient record, and how to correct errors in your medical or mental health record.

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What are the following methods to safeguarding Personal Identifiable information?

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  1. Encrypting sensitive data to protect it from unauthorized access.
  2. Implementing strong password policies and multi-factor authentication.
  3. Regularly updating software and systems to prevent vulnerabilities.
  4. Limiting access to personal identifiable information to only those who need it for their job duties.

What is the focus of the red flag rule?

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The focus of the Red Flag Rule in Health Information Management is identifying possible identity theft.

Where and how should records about clients be stored?

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Most businesses store clients' records digitally on a central server, that is linked to a businesses computer network. The server may be on site, or hosted off-site by an ISP, or in a cloud facility. Keeping security software (anti-virus, (hard and soft) firewall, etc.) up to date is paramount.

When using a patient medical record number 79 38 27 what statements is true of terminal and middle digit filing?

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when using terminal digits filing method, the 79 is secondary