Chapter 16 - Required Reporting and Mandatory Disclosure Laws

Question 1

vital records

Answer 1

Records of life events kept under governmental
authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses (or marriage certificates), separation agreements, divorce certificates, and death certificate. In some jurisdictions, vital records may also include records of civil unions or domestic partnerships.

Question 2

civil union

Answer 2

Also called a civil partnership.
A legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a means to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant most or all of the rights of marriage except the title itself.

Question 3

notifiable disease

Answer 3

any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities

Question 4

medical examiner

Answer 4

an appointed official in some American jurisdictions who is trained in pathology that investigates deaths that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform post-mortem examinations, and in some jurisdictions to initiate inquests
Unlike a coroner, they must have medical training and be board-certified.

Question 5

inquest

Answer 5

a judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident, such as a death

Question 6

pathology

Answer 6

the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury

Question 7

coroner

Answer 7

a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes

Question 8

in tandem (phrase)

Answer 8

(1) in partnership or conjunction

(1) in a tandem arrangement

Question 9

tandem

Answer 9

a group of two or more arranged one behind the other or used or acting in conjunction, as in a tandem bicycle

Question 10

retrospection

Answer 10

the act or process or an instance of surveying the past

Question 11

survey

Answer 11

(1) to ask (many people) a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something
(2) to look at and examine all parts of (something)
(3) to measure and examine (an area of land)

Question 12

defibrillator

Answer 12

Devices that restore a normal heartbeat by sending an electric pulse or shock to the heart. They are used to prevent or correct an arrhythmia, a heartbeat that is uneven or that is too slow or too fast. Defibrillators can also restore the heart’s beating if the heart suddenly stops.

Question 13

graft (medicine)

Answer 13

a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically

Question 14

gauze

Answer 14

(1) a thin often transparent fabric used chiefly for clothing or draperies
(2) a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing
(3) a firm woven fabric of metal or plastic filaments

Question 15

suture (medicine)

Answer 15

a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body

Question 16

MedWatch

Answer 16

also called Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
It is the FDA’s medical product safety reporting program for health professionals, patients and consumers. It receives reports from the public and when appropriate, publishes safety alerts for FDA-regulated products.

Question 17

traumatic injury

Answer 17

physical injuries of sudden onset and severity which require immediate medical attention

Question 18

immunization registry

Answer 18

also called immunization information system

an information system that collects vaccination data about all persons within a geographic area

Question 19

histocompatibility

Answer 19

compatibility between the tissues of different individuals, so that one accepts a graft from the other without having an immune reaction

Question 20

qualified clinical data registry (QCDR)

Answer 20

a CMS-approved entity that collects clinical data from an individual clinician, group, and/or virtual group and submits the data to CMS on their behalf as a part of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)