Health Privacy Principle 5
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Date:
Class:
A
Quick Questions
Shade in the A or B circle for each question.
1. Does Principle 5 require organisations to be open and transparent about managing health information?
2. Must organisations have a clear health information policy?
3. Should the policy be available to anyone who asks for it?
4. Can patients ask what information is held about them?
5. Should the policy be kept up to date?
B
Match the Pairs
Draw a line connecting each item on the left to its match on the right.
| Left column | Right column | |
|---|---|---|
| 1Have a clear health policy | AExplains how health information is managed | |
| 2Make the policy available | BNot hiding how health information is managed | |
| 3Principle 5 requires being open and transparent | CBeing told what health data an organisation holds | |
| 4Patients can ask what information is held about them | DThis breaks the principle - patients should be able to ask | |
| 5Keeping the health information policy secret | EAnyone who asks can access it | |
| 6Refusing to tell a patient what information is held | FThis breaks the principle - it should be open and available |
C
Definitions
Health Privacy Principle 5
D
Fill in the Blanks
Complete each line of code by filling in the missing parts.
1.
Principle 5 is about being open and
___________.
2.
Organisations must have a clear health ______
.
3.
The policy must be _________
to anyone who asks.
4.
Patients can ask what information is ____.
5.
The policy should be kept up to date
_________.
E
Spot the Error
Shade in the letter of the line that contains an error.
Question 1
A
Keep the policy secret
B
Have a clear health policy
C
Make policy available
Question 2
A
Have a clear health policy
B
Refuse to share the policy
C
Keep policy up to date
Question 3
A
Make policy available
B
Keep policy up to date
C
Never update the policy
Question 4
A
Have a clear policy
B
Make it available
C
Keep it up to date
D
Refuse patient requests
Question 5
A
Be open about data use
B
Have a clear policy
C
Make it available
D
Keep it up to date
E
Hide info held about them
Answer Key
Health Privacy Principle 5
Section A: Quick Questions
Q1
A — Yes
Q2
B — Yes
Q3
B — Yes
Q4
A — Yes
Q5
A — Yes
Section B: Match the Pairs
Q1
Have a clear health policy → Explains how health information is managed
Q2
Make the policy available → Anyone who asks can access it
Q3
Principle 5 requires being open and transparent → Not hiding how health information is managed
Q4
Patients can ask what information is held about them → Being told what health data an organisation holds
Q5
Keeping the health information policy secret → This breaks the principle - it should be open and available
Q6
Refusing to tell a patient what information is held → This breaks the principle - patients should be able to ask
Section C: Definitions
Q1
Health Privacy Principle 5 — Requires organisations to be open and transparent about managing health information, with a clear, available, up-to-date policy.Section D: Fill in the Blanks
Q1
Principle 5 is about being open and
transparent.Q2
Organisations must have a clear health policy
.Q3
The policy must be available
to anyone who asks.Q4
Patients can ask what information is held.Q5
The policy should be kept up to date
regularly.Section E: Spot the Error
Q1
A — Line 1 says to keep the policy secret, but Principle 5 requires being open and transparent, not secret.
Q2
B — Line 2 says to refuse to share the policy, but the policy must be made available to anyone who asks.
Q3
C — Line 3 says to never update the policy, but it should be kept up to date regularly.
Q4
D — Line 4 says to refuse patient requests, but patients should be able to ask what information is held about them.
Q5
E — Line 5 says to hide info held about them, but patients should be able to find out what information is held about them.