A male EMT was discussing a patient's medical condition with a female EMT from a different service. The woman then repeated this information to others, which eventually made its way back to the patient. Regarding issues of confidentiality, which of the statements would be is true?
A) The male EMT could be changed with slander
B) The female EMT committed an EMTALA violation
C) Both EMTs violated EMTALA regulations
D) The male EMT violated the HIPAA law
D) The male EMT violated the HIPAA law
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A. When the patient has a history of diabetes. B. When the trap out time to the hospital will be longer than usual. C. When the patient is over 50 years of age. D. When the patient is blocking the access to a much more serious patient in the vehicle.
Contrast the problems with standardization, integration, and intraoperability of data from remote monitoring devices to in-house medical devices.
What will be an ideal response?