Chapter 8 Flashcards
Laws are classified as:
Public or private
Administrative law is a type of:
Public law
Arbitration is the submission of a dispute to a:
Third party
Medical malpractice
Refers to the professional liability of healthcare providers
Mrs.Campbell has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr.Hall.She accomplished this by:
Complaint
If a defendant fails to answer a complaint or take other action,the court grants the plaintiff a judgment by:
Default
A tort is:
A wrongful act that results in injury to another
.identify an element of negligence.
Duty
Private law:
Involves rights and duties among private parties
.identify a source of law.
Statute
Statutes are laws created:
By legislative bodies
.Identify a type of advance directive.
Living will
A physician-patient relationship:
Is established by contract
Identify consent.
It is one’s agreement to receive medical treatment.
A lawsuit by a defendant against a plaintiff is a:
Counterclaim
A health record is owned by the:
Healthcare organization that created and maintains it
A court’s legal authority to make decisions is called:
Jurisdiction
Identify the action of a health records custodian to affirm the legitimacy of a health record.
Authentication
Identify a characteristic of the legal health record.
It is the record disclosed upon request
The health record content is defined by a number of standards including:
Accrediting body standards
The principal purpose of the health record is to:
Document patient treatment and allow providers to communicate
The National Practitioner Data Bank:
Limits movement of physicians with negative histories
AHIMA recommends that the operative index be retained for:
10 years
Identify the true statement regarding health information retention.
Retention periods differ among healthcare organizations.
Identify the true statement regarding the development of health record destruction policies.
All applicable laws must be considered
identify a characteristic of credentialing.
it applies to the granting of specific clinical privileges to medical staff members
Medical staff credentialing refers to:
Appointing and granting clinical privileges to physicians
Defining what a physician can do is known as:
Clinical privileges
——-gives an individual permission to practice or a healthcare organization permission to operate within a certain
field of practice.
Licensure
Electronic health data should be destroyed by:
Degaussing
