Chapter 25 Test Flashcards
An accident resulting is a patients injury should be reported immediately to the departmental supervisor. What form must be filled out?
a.) informed consent
b.) power of attorney
c.) incident report
d.) prior directives
c.) incident report
The standards for the maintenance and adequacy of health records are established by the:
a.) ASRT
b.) ARRT
c.) JCAHO
d.) DRG’s
c.) JCAHO
Health information departments are support service departmets.
a.) true
b.) false
a.) true
It is recommended that a ________ should witness an informed consent for an invasive radiographic procedure.
a.) radiographer
b.) disinterested health care worker
c.) radiologist
d.) radiology staff nurse
b.) disinterested health care worker
Informed consent forms from the radiology department are not part of the health record.
a.) true
b.) false
b.) false
Hospitals have the right to charge a fee for copied radiographs.
a.) true
b.) false
a.) true
The health record is used to:
a.) communicate information pertaining to the patient
b.) prepare health service statistics
c.) maintain quality assessment
d.) all of the above
d.) all of the above
Patients have the right to amend their personal health record.
a.) true
b.) false
a.) true
Only the patient has access to his or her health care record.
a.) true
b.) false
b.) false
What should a radiographer do if a patient becomes agitated and refuses to continue with the examination?
a.) stop the procedure and inform the person in charge
b.) reassure the patient and attempt to talk him/her through it
c.) call for security and force the patient to cooperate
d.) ask the patient to be more cooperative
a.) stop the procedure and inform the person in charge
Errors made in documentaion are corrected by the medical transcriptionsit.
a.) true
b.) false
b.) false
The health record is a legal document admissible in court as evidence.
a.) true
b.) false
a.) true
Which of the following procedure would require an informed consent to be filled out?
a.) upper gastrointestinal (UGI) series
b.) oral cholecystogram (OCG)
c.) barium enema (BE)
d.) cardiac catherization
d.) cardiac catherization
Student radiologic technologists bear no responsibility for patient confidentiality.
a.) true
b.) false
b.) false
The process of monitoring and evaluating the quality of the care and services provided to patients in a health care facility is called:
a.) quality risk management
b.) quality assessment
c.) quality assurance
d.) quality management
d.) quality management