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| Failure to comply with an established agreement as apecified in a written contract. |
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| Failure to make arrangments for a patients medical care. |
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| Person under the age of majority who has been declared by a court to be independent and resposible for his own depts. |
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| Representative of a facility, hospital, or doctor's office who represents in word and actions the supervising physician. |
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| Respondeat Superior (Latin phrase) |
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| Meaning "let the master answer" a legal doctrine that places responsibility on a physician for the actions of her employee. |
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| Monetary compensation for a loss or injury. |
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| Liability of an employer for the wrong doing of an employee while on the job. |
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| Wrongful act committed by a person that causes harm to another person or property. |
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| Designation signifying that a person has met the standards and requirements of their profession and is legally able to offer specific services for monetary reimbursement. |
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| Legal status of adulthood, as recognized by the state. (18 years of age) |
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| Serious crime against the public that is punishable by serving time in person. |
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| Why may a state revoke a physician's license? |
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*Conviction of a crime
*Felony or Fraud
*Unprofessional conduct
*Addiction to drugs or alcohol
*Breach of confidentiality
*False advertising
*Unethical behaviors toward patients... |
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| In medicine, a legal action that determines the rights and remedies a patient can pursue in the event of suspected medical malpractice. |
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| What is a "Standard of Care?" |
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| The minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions as determined by professional peer organizations, must be maintained at all times. |
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| Unintentional failure of a health care professional to meet his resposibilities to a patient, resulting in injury to the patient. |
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| When negligence results in harm to a patient. |
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| What can an act of negligence involve? |
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| Nonfeasance, Malfeasance, and Res ipsa loquitor |
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| Failure to do what a prudent person would do that results in harm to a patient. |
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| Performance of an improper act that results in harm to a patient. |
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| Res ipsa loquitor(Latin phrase) |
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| Means "the thing speaks for itself," used in legal situations when neglegance is clearly evident. |
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| What two types of consent may be obtained when providing care to a patient? |
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| Occurs when a patient consents to treatment through their actions. |
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| Involves a written form that is signed by the patient. |
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| When obtaining consent, what must the physician ensure that the patient understands? |
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| The procedure, why the procedure is being performed, who will perform the procedure, expected results of the procedure, risks of performing the procedure and of doing nothing, available alternative treatments, and how the risks and benifits compare to those of the recommended procedure. |
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| What are some barriers to obtaining informed consent? |
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| Hearing impaired, patient speaks a different language, unconsciousness, or the patient does not understant the physician's explaination of care. |
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| The Good Samaritan Law protects who? |
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| Anyone who offers emergency help within the scope of their training and ability. |
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| Action by a health care proffesional that injures a patient and fails to meet reasonable standards of professional care. |
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| How is the medical form of negligence(malpractice) proven? |
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| By four criteria, commonly known as the "Four Ds." |
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| Duty, Deriliction of Duty, Direct cause, and Damage |
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| Proof that a patient-physician relationship excists. |
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| Proof that the physician failed to meet the standard of care. |
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| Person who is called to testify in court due to their status as an expert on a given subject or in a specialty. |
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| Proof that the damage suffered by the patient is a direct result of the actions of the physician. |
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| Proof that omission or commission by the physician caused the patient injury or harm. |
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| Person bringing charges in court. |
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| Person accused in a court of law. |
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| Legal document that requires a person to appear in court or be available for deposition. |
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| Formal gathering of information during which the individual who has recieved the subpoena must answer questions. |
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| To lie or omit information in a deposition. |
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| Subpoena Ducetecum(Latin phrase) |
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| Meaning "bring with you under penalty of punishment" a legal document that requires a person to appear in court with specified documents. |
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| Considered gross negligence, a form of negligence that involves an intentional act or failure to act, that causes harm. |
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| Monetary award paid by the physician to the patient as directed by the court. |
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| What do intentional torts include? |
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| Assault, Battery, Defamation, False Imprisonment, Fraud, and Invasion or Privacy. |
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| A threat or percieved threat of bodily harm to another person. |
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| Involves touching someone on a socially inappropriate way without their permission. |
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| To cause harm to a person's reputation by providing false information in writing or by spoken word. |
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| Dishonoring or defaming a person through written documents. |
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| Dishonoring or defaming a person through verbal attacks. |
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| Holding a patient against their will. |
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| Intentional misrepresentation of facts for financial gain. |
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| Public release of patient's information without their consent. |
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| Branch of public law that deals with the rights and resposibilities of the government to maintain public order. |
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| Branch or private law that deals with accidental, rather than intentional, injury to a person or personal property. |
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| Failure of a patient to follow physician's treatment plan. |
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| How does a physician who has agreed to treat a patient fulfill their portion of the contract? |
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| Dignosing and treating the patient to the best of thier ability, being available to the patient for care and return phone calls, and arranging for a different physician to be available in the event of the physician's absence. |
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| Law that sets a time limit within which a person can bring a lawsuit. |
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| What are risk managment guidelines? |
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| They outline appropriate behaviors annd procedures that decrease risk of patient dissatisfaction during an office visit. |
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| Health Information Portability and Acountability Act |
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| Protected Health Information |
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| What is some patient information considered to be PHI? |
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| Insurance information, HIPPA forms, health history forms, phyical examintation notes, progress notes, laboratory notes, and diagnostic reports. |
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| Demonstrate an understanding of HIPPA compliance |
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| The HIPPA act protects the privacy of a patient involving anything that includes information about a patient that could be used to identify them. |
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| Name three types of safeguards that a medical practice should institute to avoid the misuse of PHI |
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| Admistrative, Technical, and Physical. |
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| Something neglected or left undone. |
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| To carry into action deliberately. |
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| Administrative Safegaurds for PHI include what? |
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*Verifying the identity of an individual who is picking up health records, and on the phone before giving information.
*Checking a patient's medical record for special instructions regarding contacting the patient before making a call to the patient. |
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| What does Technical Safegaurds for PHI include? |
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*Username and password for each staff member to access patient computer records.
*Instituting firewall protection
*Deleting username and passwords of staff members who have discontinued employment.
*Using software that tracks users activities. |
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| What does Physical Safegaurds for PHI include? |
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*Not leaving patient files out in the open
*Filing records before cleaning staff arrives.
*Not having conversations that include patient PHI in a place where you may be overheard. |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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| Written legal designation of a person to make medical decisions on behalf of another person. |
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| Written directions to a physician that instruct the physician about whether or not to maintain life-support systems in the event of a patient's terminal illness. |
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| Deeply held personal beliefs about what constitutes right or wrong behavior. |
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| Study of human behavior and moral choices based on a set of priciples; rules or standards governing professional conduct. |
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| Study of the ethical implications of discoveries and advances in modern medicine and health care. |
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| Rules about how people ought to behave. |
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| What are the most common ethical priciples applied to health care? |
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| Nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy, distributive justice, paternalism, veracity, and fidelity. |
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| Duty to provide a good or benifit. |
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| Right to self determination. |
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| Priciples regarding the fair distribution of scarce resoures. |
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| Practice of providing for people without giving them rights or responsibilites. |
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| Concept of loyalty or faithfulness. |
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| What are the three major goals of the Patient's Bill of Rights? |
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1) To help patients feel more confident in the US health care system.
2) To stress the importance of a strong relationship between patients and their health care providers.
3) To stress the key role patients play in staying healthy by laying out rights and responsibilities for all patients and health care providers. |
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| What are eight key areas of the Patient Bill of Rights? |
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*Information for patients
*Choice of providers and plans
*Access to emergency services
*Taking part in treatment decisions
*Respect and non-descrimination
*Confidentiality
*Complaints and appeals
*Consumer Responsibility. |
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| Access to Emergency Services |
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| When your health is in danger, the right to be screened and stabalized using emergency services. |
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| The right to a fair, fast, and objective review of any complaints you have about your health plan and health care provider. |
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| The right to accurate and easily-understood Information about your health plan, health care professionals, and facilities. |
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| Taking Part in Treatment Decisions |
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| The right to know the treatment options and take part in decisions about your care. |
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| The right to talk privately with health care providers and to have your health care information protected. |
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| Choice of Provider and Plans |
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| The right to choose health care providers who can give you high quality health care when you need it. |
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| Respect and Non-descrimination |
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| The right to considerate, respectful care from your health care providers, that does not discriminate against you. |
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| Consumer Responsibilities |
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| Patient responsibilities such as paying medical bills, being respectful to health care providers, etc... |
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| Name the 5 levels of body structures starting with the smallest |
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| 1)Cells 2)Tissues 3)Organs 4)Body Systems 5)Organsisms |
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| 1)Cranial 2)Spinal 3)Thoracic 4)Abdomonal 5)Pelvic |
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| 1)Epithelial 2)Connective 3)Muscle 4)Nervous |
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| Covers the body and lines the surfaces of cavities and hollow organs |
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| Includes soft tissue such as fat and blood cells, and hard tissues such as bomes, ligaments, and cartilage |
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| Has unique property of shortening in length to produce movement |
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| Composed of specialized cells that are found in locations such as eyes, ears, and brain |
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| Name one genetic disorder |
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| Down's Syndrome, Cleft Lip, Clubfoot, Sickle-Cell Anemia, Huntington's, Tay-Sachs disease. |
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| A fluid with a pH less than <7 is called what? |
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| Give an example of a fluid with a pH<7 |
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| A fluid with a pH greater than >7 is called what? |
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| Give an example of a fluid with a pH>7 |
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