A nursing instructor is educating a group of student nurses about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The nursing instructor teaches that HIPAA does which of the following?
A) Guarantees a patient the right to view and obtain a copy of his or her medical record
B) Guarantees a patient the right to take the original medical chart
C) Asks a patient to specify who can obtain his or her personal health data
D) Ensures the right of a patient to amend his or her own health information
E) Requires hospitals to disclose the way in which a patient's health data will be used

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HIPAA guarantees patients the right to view and obtain a copy of their medical records (A), allows patients to specify who can access their personal health data (C), ensures patients can request amendments to their health information (D), and requires hospitals to disclose how a patient's health data will be used (E). However, it does not allow patients to take the original medical chart (B).

A Nursing Instructor Is Educating a Group of Student Nurses