Chapter 21 - Ethical Issues in Health Information Management

Question 1

culture

Answer 1

the values, beliefs, attitudes, languages, symbols, rituals, behaviors, and customs unique to a particular group of people

useful acronym: ABBCLRSV
useful backronym: A BBC lame radio station voice.
A=attitudes
B=beliefs
B=behaviors
C=customs
L=languages
R=rituals
S=symbols
V=values

Question 2

cultural diversity

Answer 2

The perceived or actual difference among people.

Respecting alternative cultural beliefs is imperative, but respect does not require agreement with alternative beliefs. Healthcare professionals work with, and care for, many different people each day and cannot let differences in values and beliefs impact the work; therefore, everyone must respect the differences of each person encountered during the day.

Question 3

stereotyping

Answer 3

an assumption that everyone within a certain group is the same

Question 4

prejudice

Answer 4

a strong feeling or belief about a person or subject formed without reviewing facts or information

Question 5

bias

Answer 5

Something that prevents a person from having an impartial judgment; for example, a physician assuming that low-income patients are less likely to adhere to medical advice.

Unconscious bias includes stereotypes about people outside of one’s awareness.

Question 6

HRM

Answer 6

an acronym for human resource management or HR

Question 7

cultural audit

Answer 7

A cultural audit involves the study and examination of an organization’s cultural characteristics (such as its assumptions, norms, values, relationships, leadership style, communication practices, recruitment and evaluation practices, measurements) to determine whether they hinder or support its purpose.

Question 8

cultural anthropology

Answer 8

The branch of anthropology concerned with the study of human societies and cultures and their development.

Cultural anthropology examines an organizational culture through diachronic and synchronic lenses.

The diachronic explores how and why a culture developed in the past.

The synchronic studies how well this culture is adapted to the present and future challenges. Has the organization’s purpose changed in order to adapt to a changing environment? Which elements of the culture are adaptive and which are impeding the organization’s ability to achieve its purpose?

Question 9

anthropology vs sociology

Answer 9

Anthropology is the study of humans and the ways they live.

Sociology studies the ways groups of people interact with each other and how their behavior is influenced by social structures, categories (age, gender, sexuality), and institutions.

Question 10

Who is the CEO of AHIMA as of October 24, 2021?

Answer 10

Wylecia Wiggs Harris

Question 11

What is AHIMA’s vision as of October 24, 2021?

Answer 11

A world where trusted information transforms health and healthcare by connecting people, systems, and ideas.

Question 12

What is AHIMA’s mission as of October 24, 2021?

Answer 12

“Empowering people to impact health”

Question 13

What are the values of AHIMA called and what are they, as of October 24, 2021?

Answer 13

They are called: “Our Transformation Values”.

The four values are listed below:
Outcome focused
Agility
Quality
People driven

Question 14

moral distress

Answer 14

Situations and times when the ethical issue is not only between what is the right thing to do, but also how to do it.

Question 15

ethics committee

Answer 15

A committee tasked with reviewing clinical ethics violations to determine the course of action required to remedy the violations. Most ethics committees involve people from varied backgrounds and have three major functions:

(1) providing clinical ethics consultation
(2) developing policies pertaining to clinical ethics
(3) facilitating education on topical issues in clinical ethics

Question 16

retrospective documentation

Answer 16

A term referring to when healthcare providers add documentation after care has been given, possibly for the purpose of increasing reimbursement or avoiding a medical legal action.

The HIM professional is responsible for maintaining accurate and complete health records and can identify the occurrence and either correct the error or indicate that the entry is a late entry into the health record.

Question 17

need-to-know principle

Answer 17

The release-of-information principle based on the minimum necessary [release of information] standard.

Question 18

blanket authorization

Answer 18

A term for when the patient signs an authorization allowing the disclosure specialist to release any and all information from that point forward.

Question 19

double billing

Answer 19

the act of charging for the same product twice

Question 20

Answer 20

Stratified random sampling allows researchers to obtain a sample population that best represents the entire population being studied.

Stratified random sampling involves dividing the entire population into homogeneous groups called strata (singular: stratum).

Stratified random sampling differs from simple random sampling, which involves the random selection of data from an entire population. Instead, random samples are selected from each stratum after all of its members have been assigned to it.

Stratified random sampling is also called proportional random sampling or quota random sampling.

Question 21

backronym

Answer 21

A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it.

Example: MADD (“Mothers Against Drunk Driving”)
Example: BASIC (“Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code”)

Question 22

initialism

Answer 22

An initialism is an abbreviation formed from initial letters.
For example: ACLU = American Civil Liberties Union