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35 Cards in this Set
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Hipaa |
Health insurance portability accountability act. Patient confidentiality |
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Hitech |
Health information technology economic and clinical health. Confidentiality electronically feb.2009 |
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Expressed contracts |
Terms of are Documents written out |
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Implied contracts |
Some terms not stated but understood by parties based on nature of transaction |
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Boilerplate language |
Standard language used repeatedly without change |
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Legal disability |
Disability for legal purposes if has a physical or mental impairment long term adverse effects |
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Agent |
Person or business with authority to act on behalf |
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Contract |
Legally binding exchange of promises or an agreement between parties law will enforce |
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Patient self-determination act(PSDA) |
Health care institutions inform patients at time of admission or enrollment about their rights under state law |
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Patients rights |
Accept or decline surgical treatment, participate in and direct their own health decisions, prepare advance directive, discrimination to those with no advance directive, info on providers policies recognizing advance directives. |
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Malpractice mistakes |
Medical errors, inaccurate diagnosis, failure to diagnosis condition, lack of informed consent, mistakes during surgery, and instruments left in patient during surgery |
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Criminal law terms |
Assault, battery, felony, and harassment. |
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Civil law terms |
Libel, slander, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, reportable conditions, negligence, reasonable care and sexual Harassment. |
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Omnibus budget reconciliation act |
1987 implements patient rights and guidelines for nursing homes. |
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Scope of practice |
Procedures actions health care practitioners permitted to perform under their license |
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Standard of care |
Care that would be reasonably expected under similar situations |
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4 core values |
Dignity, service, excellence, and fairness and justice |
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Person perspective on right vs wrong |
Family, religion, friends, coworkers, teacher, and society |
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Code of ethics |
Principles of conduct for decision making and behavior |
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Conduct |
Standard of behavior |
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Psychological needs four categories |
Adequacy and security, social approval and self esteem, order and meaning in life, and self growth |
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Four types of euthanasia |
Voluntary, non-voluntary, involuntary, and assisted suicide |
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Implied consent |
Giving approval through an action |
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Expressed consent |
Giving approval verbally or writing |
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Exempt |
To be free or released from liability or requirements |
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Torts |
Under civil law wrongs committed by one against another |
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Gross misconduct |
Unacceptable behavior of serious nature |
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AHA |
Adopted patients bill of rights in 1973. Updated 1992. And replaced by patient care partnership 2003 |
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Three ethical questions |
Legal? Fair? And what conscience would say? |
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Reportable incident |
Any event with adverse effects on health safety, welfare, of patients, coworkers, or others |
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Inspector general |
Concerns for Medicare and Medicaid fraud or abuse |
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Bioethics |
Ethical decisions pertain to life issues |
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Institutional review board |
Oversee research studies to protect participants from unnecessary risks |
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Health care customers |
Doctors visitors guest vendors and patients |
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Patient centered care |
Doctors and patient work in partnership to seek medical outcomes |