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HIT 75
CHAPTER 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Liability | The potential of a lawsuit |
| Tort 错误 | An action or omission of action that results in injury to another |
| Vicarious 替代 liability | The concept that one party may be held responsible for the actions of another even though the original party was not involved in the act |
| Ostensible agency | An organization that appears to employ an individual, even if it does not actually employ that individual |
| Plaintiff 原告 | The individual or entity that sues another |
| Negligence 疏忽 | An action or nonaction that results in an injury by an individual who is not acting as a "reasonably prudent person" would under the same circumstances |
| Respondeat superior | The legal doctrine by which an employer is responsible for the actions or omissions of its employees |
| Borrowed servant doctrine | The doctrine that a hospital employee is under the direct supervision of physician when the employee is aiding the physician. In this cases, respondeat superior liability falls on the physician, not the institution |
| Captain of the ship doctrine | The doctrine that a surgeon directly superivores all personnel assisting an operation; thus respondeat superior liability fall on the surgeon, not the institution |
| Hospitalist | Doctors who only see patients in hospitals. A physician who practices solely in a hospital instead of in private practice, and who is employed by the hospital |
| Qui tam | A provision of the federal False Claims Act that allows a private citizen to file a suit in the name of the U.S. government |
| E-Discovery rules | Part of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that pertain to access to electronic patient records for parties to a civil lawsuit |
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Lilyn Ta
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