during your monthly internal quality improvement (qi) meeting, you review several patient care reports (pcrs) with the staff of your ems system. you identify the patient's name, age, and sex, and then discuss the treatment that was provided by the emts in the field. by taking this approach to the qi process, you: select one: a. acted appropriately but must have each emt sign a waiver stating that he or she will not discuss the cases with others. b. are in violation of hipaa because you did not remove the phi from the pcr beforehand. c. violated the patient's privacy because you should have discussed the information only with the emts involved. d. adequately safeguarded the patient's phi because the cases were discussed internally.
