A. are not laws, but are standards of conduct. b. the federally mandated requires healthcare providers to safeguard an individual’s protected health information (phi). mts must know the related guidelines. c. name, birthday, social security number, and diagnosis are all examples of d. information in medical records fall under two classifications: information includes dates of treatment, admission, and discharge. the other, information, relates to the treatment and progress of the patient and can be given out only on the written authorization of the patient or guardian.

Which of the following best reflects what we know about how the flu virus moves between species? a) the flu virus in a pig is mutated and replicated in alternate arrangements so that humans who eat the pig products can be infected.b) a flu virus from a human epidemic or pandemic infects birds; the birds replicate the virus differently and then pass it back to humans.c) an influenza virus gains new sequences of dna from another virus, such as a herpesvirus; this enables it to be transmitted to a human host.d) an animal such as a pig is infected with more than one virus, genetic recombination occurs, the new virus mutates, the virus is passed to a new species such as a bird, and the virus mutates again and can now be transmitted to humans.