Legal

Question 1

Laws provide _____ for employers, employees and patients.

Answer 1

protection

Question 2

Responsibilities that are authorized or based on law.

Answer 2

Legal Responsibilities

Question 3

Deals with wrongs against a person, property or society.

Answer 3

Criminal Law

Question 4

Examples:
Practicing without required license
Misuse of narcotics/drugs
Theft
Murder

Answer 4

Criminal Law

Question 5

Deals with legal relationships between people and protection of a person’s rights.

Answer 5

Civil Law

Question 6

A wrongful act, called a civil wrong instead of a crime.

Answer 6

Tort

Question 7

Occurs when a person is harmed or injured because a health care provider does not meet the standards of care.

Answer 7

Tort

Question 8

Malpractice
Negligence
Assault and Battery
Invasion of Privacy
False Imprisonment
Abuse
Defamation

Answer 8

Types of Tort

Question 9

Providing improper or unprofessional treatment or care to a patient that results in injury or death to the patient.

Answer 9

Malpractice

Question 10

Failure to provide care that results in injury to the patient.

Answer 10

Negligence

Question 11

threat or attempt to injure

Answer 11

Assault

Question 12

unlawful touch of another without their consent

Answer 12

Battery

Question 13

Unnecessary exposure of an individual or revealing personal information about an individual without consent

Answer 13

Invasion of Privacy

Question 14

Restraining a patient or restricting their freedom

Answer 14

False Imprisonment

Question 15

Any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish

Answer 15

Abuse

Question 16

Types of abuse

Answer 16

Physical, Verbal, Psychological, Sexual, Domestic, Child, Elder

Question 17

False statements which may damage a person’s reputation

Answer 17

Defamation

Question 18

Slander and Libel

Answer 18

Types of Defamation

Question 19

Spoken false statements which may damage a person’s reputation

Answer 19

Slander

Question 20

Written false statements which may damage a person’s reputation

Answer 20

Libel

Question 21

a process of communication between a patient and physician that results in the patient’s authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.

Answer 21

Consent

Question 22

Procedures requiring written consent

Answer 22

Surgery
Invasive diagnostic tests
Experimental treatments
Treatment of minors

Question 23

All information given to health personnel by a patient

Answer 23

privileged communication

Question 24

patient information can only be discussed with…

Answer 24

members of their healthcare team

Question 25

HIPAA

Answer 25

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996

Question 26

Information Exempt from Privileged Communication Standard

Answer 26

Births & deaths
Injuries caused by violence requiring police intervention (assault & battery, abuse, stabbings)
Drug abuse
Communicable diseases and STD’s

Question 27

Who do health care records belong to?

Answer 27

health care provider

Question 28

to correct a mistake in a health care record…

Answer 28

Cross out errors with one single
line through the information and insert correct information, initial and date

Question 29

Requiring passwords to access specific information on records helps to

Answer 29

maintain confidentiality of electronic health records