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 |