More Vocabularies Flashcards
The federal Canadian law that regulates confidentiality of patient’s information.
PIPEDA
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Passing a certification exam set by a government legislated regulatory college.
Licensure
International threat or movements that could make a person feel in danger or harmful physical contact.
Assault
Intentional, non-consensual physical contact by one person with another person.
Battery
Law of private rights between persons or parties.
Civil Law
Rules that are designed to protect all members of society from injurious acts by others.
Criminal Law
A method of assuring quality of testing, by comparing current results of a lab test with previous results for the same test on the same patient.
Delta Check
A process (of possible removal) in which one party in a litigation process questions another under oath while a court reporter records every word.
Deposition
A process which includes taking depositions and interrogating parties involved.
Discovery
Claim of improper treatment or negligence brought against a professional by means of a civil lawsuit.
Malpractice
Violation of duty to exercise reasonable skill and care in performing a task.
Negligence
Latin phrase meaning “let the master respond”
Respondeat Superior
The department or management that identifies risk and oversees protection of employees, employers and patients.
Risk Management
Prevailing set of standards set by licensing and regulatory agencies.
*measuring stick representing the conduct of an average health worker in the community.
Standard of Care
Time limit for filing a lawsuit after an alleged injury has occurred.
Statute of Limitations
Civil ring or other breach of contract. (e.g. negligence and battery)
Tort
Institutional liability for injury, resulting from negligent acts committed by independent contractors the institution has hired.
*it’s is the kind if liability that which may be imposed not on the person committing the wrongful act but on some other person who has express authority over the person committing the wrongful act. (e.g. employer may be responsible for the negligent act of an employee)
Vicarious Liability
Bill passed by legislation after 3rd reading
Act
Proposed act before legislation
Bill
Interchangeable with “act”
Statute
included in class of hazardous products
Controlled product
12 month period beginning April 1
Fiscal year
Expectations placed on the MLA
- defined as the desired and achievable performance level against which actual performance can be judged.
- designed to measure the accuracy and quality of individual performance.
( CSMLS) Standard of Practice
This has been used in the US and Canada becoming the nation’s official national health insurance program.
Canada’s federal health insurance.
Medicare
Medical and Care
This is where you can look up information you are not sure of. It’s like a manual.
Reference System
Establishes the scope of practice for CSMLS-certified MLAs.
The CSMLS MLA Competency Profile
Everyone can access info about this field of science that helps us understand the harmful effects that chemicals, substances, or situations, can have on people, animals, and the environment.
Toxicology
It documents the proper transfer of the specimen from the time of collection through processing in the lab.
Chain of Custody
The results are just between the patient and physician.
Medical Drug Screen
Could be done on employment, ministry family, work monitoring, sports.
Legal Drug Screen
Moving of dangerous goods
TDG Act
