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Legal/Ethics/HIPAA
Legal, Ethics, HIPAA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Legally responsible | liable |
| The act of leaving without intention of returning | abandonment |
| The legally prescribed time limit in which a lawsuit must be filed | statute of limitations |
| Injurious negligence or incompetence of professionals | malpractice |
| The inherent risk involved in a potentially dangerous situation | assumption of risk |
| The act of making untrue statements about another which damages his/her reputation | slander |
| Professional standard of care of a health care provider with similar training or skill | standards of care |
| Court order requiring an individual to testify in court | subpoena |
| Document stating specific life-prolonging procedures when you can’t communicate | Advanced Directive (living will) |
| Omission of the standards of care | negligence |
| A patient’s right to make their own decisions about their care | autonomy |
| Communication between two parties of information protected by law | confidentiality |
| Reckless disregard, whether negligent or intentional, for the safety of others | res ipsa loquitur (gross negligence) |
| Body of law allowing injured person to obtain monies from the causing person | tort law (personal injury) |
| Serious crime punishable by a minimum of a year in state prison | felony |
| Harm resulting from physical contact | battery |
| Voluntary consent for access, use and disclosure of health information | authorization |
| First, do no harm | nonmaleficence |
| Action that is done for the benefit of others. Always act to benefit the patient. | beneficence |
| Being faithful to the patient's trust and confidences | fidelity |
| Belief system based on moral principles that are embedded in a common morality | principlism |
| Mentally or psychologically able to make medical decisions | competent |
| Divulgence of information by an entity to persons or organizations outside of that entity | disclosure |
| That which tends to injure a person's reputation | defamation |
| The manners and attitude towards patients generally accepted by practitioner | mediquette |
| Careful and sensible | prudent |
| When the healthcare employer is held equally responsible for an employee's negligence | respondeat superior |
| Regulations established by government and applicable to political subdivisions | laws |
| Principle based system that defines the difference between rght and wrong | ethics |
| Telling the truth | veracity |
| One who stands in the place of another when our patients lack capacity to decide | surrogate |
| Laws protecting the physical safety and property of society at large. Penalties (imprisonment or fine) are paid to the governing body which enacted the law. | criminal law |
| Patient is apprehensive about the threat of being harmed | assault |
| Unjustified restraint of a person | false imprisonment |
| Written information that results in defamation of character or loss of reputation | libel |
| Conditions that need to be met for a claim of malpractice. | duty breach of duty injury causation |
| The quality of being impartial and fair | justice |
| A document that gives a person of your choosing the power to make financial and other decisions on your behalf | Durable Power of Attorney |
| Agreement to undergo medical treatment, or care in their language, states all risks, states all benefits, all alternatives. Agreement must be voluntary. | Informed consent |
| Mandates standards for the exchange of health information; who can look at and receive healthcare data | HIPAA Health Insurance Privacy Accountability Act |
| Information that can be linked to a particular person originating from a health care service event | PHI Protected Health Information |
| A Healthcare Plan or Healthcare provider who transmits any information in electronic form | Covered entity |
| Document describing federal regulations regarding the patient’s rights over their own health information | NPP Notice of Privacy Practices |
| A pattern of agreements that extends protection of health care data that requires each covered entity that shares information with any other entity satisfy the same requirements | chain of trust |
| Health Information Management | HIM |
| Standard claim form used for payment of medical services and/or goods | HCFA 1500 |
| Any set of codes and their descriptions used to encode data elements such as medical terms, medical diagnostic codes, medical procedures | code sets |
| International classification of diseases | ICDA |
| Apprehension of physical harm | assault |
| Agency provides guidelines to help ensure the safety of workers | OSHA |
| Act relieves the medical profession from liability when rendering care at the scene of an emergency | Good Samaritan Act |
| Act provides rules and regulations for admitting a person into a mental health unit | Baker Act |
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