Legal and Ethical Issues final

Question 1

Define self-referring

Answer 1

Referring patients to any service or facility where the provider has a financial interest.

Question 2

What organization developed standard precautions, required by OSHA

Answer 2

CDC

Question 3

What are the 4 D’s of negligence?

Answer 3

Duty, Derelict, Direct Cause, Damage

Question 4

True or False: The good Samaritan Act exist in all 50 states?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What does the good Samaritan Act protect from?

Answer 5

Protects the public in the event an emergency takes place and the individual needs to preform life-saving techniques such as CPR.

Question 6

What facilities offers medical assistants registered certification?

Answer 6

AMT/CMT

Question 7

This 2009 law was created to promote the use of electronic health records and the meaningful use of health information technology

Answer 7

HITECH- Health information technology for economics and clinical health. Protecting records within EHR

Question 8

True of False? Effective communication can prevent lawsuits?

Answer 8

True

Question 9

If a medical assistant gives a patient an injection after the patient has refused the procedure, this is an example of?

Answer 9

Battery

Question 10

When dealing with issues of bioethics, medical assistants should remain?

Answer 10

non-judgmental