Answer:
Options 3 and 4
Explanation:
It is within HIPAA compliance to call out a patient's name, though other patient health information cannot be used or divulged, in shared public spaces. Full names may be necessary to use because patients may share common names, and it is important for healthcare workers and associated personnel to ensure they are communicating with the correct person.
It is also appropriate for healthcare workers to discuss pertinent health information with the patient themselves, such as the results of certain tests and imaging. Thus, it would be permitted and not a violation for a radiology technician to talk through x-ray results with the patient.
As previously stated, patient health information divulged in public spaces by healthcare professionals is a clear violation of the patient's confidentiality. Further, medical assistants discussing a patient by name outside the exam room also violates patient confidentiality because there is no guarantee of no passersby or pedestrian traffic. Even with these guarantees, it is frowned upon to do so in places that are not designated for healthcare workers and patient discussion.
Therefore, options 3 and 4 are the not violations of patient confidentiality, and are correct statements.
