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Patient Care
test 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accreditation | voluntary pure review process through which an agency grants recognition to an institution for a program of study that meets specified criteria |
| certification | voluntary process through which an agency grants recognition to an individual on demonstration usually by examination of specialized professional skills |
| licensure | process by which the governmental agency grants permission to individuals to practice their profession |
| Buffers | activities that decrease the negative effects of stress but do not change the stressors |
| hassles | unexpected negative changes or events |
| stressors | events both real and imagined that increase feelings of anxiety |
| uplift's | plant positive activities to balance hassles |
| worry | time and energy spent concerned over things which we have little or no control over |
| Adverse drug effects ADEs | injury small or large caused by use of drug can be as harmless as a drug rash or serious as death from an overdose the two types are those caused by 8 errors and those occurred despite proper use |
| chief executive officer | person appointed to the board of directors who has full accountability for the entire hospital or Healthcare organization |
| The Joint Commission | programs in the United States and is the nation's primary standard-setting an accrediting body in the healthcare TJc stands for focus on improving and quality and safety of patient care provided by the healthcare organizations |
| Medical error | failure to complete a planned action as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve a name can be related to an incorrect diagnosis equipment failure infection or the misinterpretation of an order |
| mission statement | statement of an organization that summarizes and intent to provide services and the terms of its services it offers intended recipients of services and a description of the level of it cost |
| occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) | Federal agency that enforces standards for safety in the workplace conducts inspections and directs termination of fines for non-compliance with policies and regulations |
| Radiology departments | organization of a hospital or medical clinic that provides Diagnostic Imaging through medical Technologies such as x-ray examination, fluoroscopy |
| Antonymy | person self reliance Independence Liberty rights privacy individual Choice freedom of Will and self-contained ability to decide |
| Beneficence | doing of good active promotion of goodness kindness and charity |
| confidentiality | police at the health-related information about individual patients should not be revealed the others maintenance of privacy |
| Consequentialism | belief that the words of actions is determined by their ends or Consequences actions are right or wrong according to the balance of their good and bad consequences |
| Fidelity | strict observance of promises or duties loyal and faithfulness to others |
| Justice | Equitable fair or just conduct in dealing with others |
| liberal individualism | basis for rights-based ethical Theory Each individual is protected and allowed to pursue personal projects |
| nonconsequentialism | believe that actions and cells rather than consequences determine the worth of actions actions are right or wrong according to the morality of the acts themselves |
| Nonmaleficnce | ethical principle that places high value on avoiding harm to others |
| rules of Ethics ARRT | mandatory standards of minimally acceptable professional conduct these are enforceable and can act and sections of the ARRT determine the certificate holder has violated any of the rules |
| Veracity | duty to tell the truth and avoid deception |
| ambulatory patient classifications | disease clinic modification codes for diagnosis current procedural terminology evaluation and management codes and procedure code age section visit. Deposition used for reimbursement for healthcare provided at the hospital outpatient setting |
| Healthcare facilities accreditation program (HFAP) | and accreditation program authorized by the centers of Medicare and Medicaid services all hospitals and many other types of healthcare settings |
| health insurance portability and accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) | Federal legislation passed provides efficiency and effectiveness of the Healthcare System components that affect health information including privacy security and the establishment of standards |
| The Joint Commission | organization that accredits and certifies Healthcare organizations and other programs in the United States |
| Assault | any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury on a person of of another when coupled with a parent present ability to do so in any intentional display of 4 such as would give the victim reason to fear or expecting mediate bodily harm |
| battery | unlawful touching of another that is without justification or excuse |
| defamation | holding up a person to ridicule scorn or contempt in a respectable and considerable part of the community |
| False imprisonment | conscious Restraint of the freedom of a person without proper authorization privilege or consent |
| fraud | intentional prevent ation of Truth for the purpose of inducing a person to rely on the false information to his or her detriment |
| implied consent | persons agreement to allow something to happen which is not expressly given but rather inferred from a person's actions or indications |
| negligence | failure to do something that a reasonable person Guided by the ordinary considerations that ordinarily regulate human Affairs that would do or the doing of something a reasonable and prudent person would not do |
| Res ipsa loguitur | meaning the thing speaks for itself, 1. the type of injury did not occur except for negligence, 2. that the activity was under the complete control of the defendant, 3. does a plaintiff did not contribute to his or her own injury in any way |
| respondent superior | meaning left the superior respond or the master speak for the servant The Physician Superior or employer may be liable in certain cases for the wrongful acts of employees or subordinates |
| tort | private or civil wrongdoing or injury other than breach of contract for which the court provides a remedy and a form of an action for damages |
| PHI | Protected health information |
| HIPAA | health insurance portability and accountability Act |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| ASRT | AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS |
| ARRT | THE AMERICAN REGISTRY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS |
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