Medical Law and Ethics

Question 1

Documentation

Answer 1

Notes documenting all prescriptions and refill

authorizations.

Question 2

Corrections

Answer 2

Draw a line through the error so that it is still
legible. Do not black out or use correction fluid
to cover it up

Question 3

Confidentiality

Answer 3

Health care professionals have a duty to protect
the privacy of the pt., therefore, medical records
should not be released to a third party without
written permission, signed by the patient or
patient’s legal representative.

Question 4

Technological Threats to Confidentiality

Answer 4

The implementation of HIPAA imposes
penalties for breaches of confidentiality
regarding medical records that identify
the patient’s by name

Question 5

Transfer to another physician

Answer 5

Patient must sign an authorization to release

records to another physician.

Question 6

3 types of consent

Answer 6

• Expressed consent can be written or spoken.

Implied consent does not have to be spoken.

• Informed consent implies the patient
understands

Question 7

Vital Statistics

Answer 7

• Numbers collected for the population of:
o live births
o deaths
o fetal deaths
o marriages
o divorces
o induced terminations of pregnancy
o any change in civil status that occurs
during an individual’s lifetime.

Question 8

In most states it is against the law for an
attending physician to sign a death certificate if
the death was

Answer 8

o Possibly due to criminal causes.
o Not attended to by a physician within a
specified length of time before death.
o Due to causes undetermined by the
physician.
o Violent or otherwise suspicious.

Question 9

Breach of Confidentiality

Answer 9

Unauthorized release of patient information to a third party

Question 10

Civil Law

Answer 10

areas of law not classified as criminal

Question 11

National Provider Identifier (NPI)

Answer 11

Unique identifier assigned to health care providers

Question 12

Privileged Communication

Answer 12

private information shared between a patient and a health care provider

Question 13

Qui tam

Answer 13

Latin means: Who as well for the king as for himself sues I this matter” this allows a private citizen to file a lawsuit against U.S government

Question 14

Deposition

Answer 14

legal proceedings which a party answers questions under oath but not in open court