Section A Flashcards
Health Care Consent Act a patient has the right to:
- Receive safe and proper care.
- Give or refuse consent for any procedure, and for any reason.
- Have a medical professional clearly explain health problems and treatments.
- Participate in health care decisions.
- Ask questions and express concerns.
- Request a second opinion; within reason.
- Be assured that personal information is confidential.
- Request to access their health information records.
- Request the transfer of their health records to another medical professional; A fee may be charged
Consent:
Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
Informed consent
is a voluntary permission given by a patient to allow touching, examination or treatment by health care providers. Basic patient right. Patient can provide consent to one specific treatment or a plan of treatment
Informed consent involves the patient’s understanding of the following:
- What the doctor or health care worker is proposing to do
- Whether the doctor’s proposal is a minor procedure or major surgery
- The nature and purpose of the treatment
- Intended effects versus possible side effects
- The risks and anticipated benefits involved
- All reasonable alternatives including risks and possible benefits.
- Explanation of the tests
Implied Consent:
When a patient non-verbal behavior indicates agreement.
• After asking a patient’s permission to draw blood , patient sticks out their arm
• Patient sticks out arm without you asking
Regulated Health Professions Act 1991 (RHPA):
a common framework for regulating health professions in Ontario. Under the Act, the Health Professional Regulatory Advisory Council (HPRAC) was established and the purpose is to advise the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care on regulatory matters for health professions in Ontario. The Minister relies on HPRAC as a source of evidence and advice in the formulation of policies relating to health professionals
Regulates 28 health professions in Ontario and the main objectives of RHPA are
- to protect the public from harm
- to promote high quality care
- to ensure regulated health professions are accountable to the public
- to give patients access to health professionals of their choice
- to treat all patients and health professionals in an equitable manner
Main Purpose of RHPA :
- to protect the public from harm
- to prevent the public from receiving health care services from healthcare providers who are incompetent, unfit or unqualified
RHPA - Controlled Acts:
- A controlled act is any one of the following total 14 controlled acts:
- Communicating a diagnosis or identifying a disease or disorder
- Performing a procedure on tissue below the dermis or the mucosa membrane or below the surface of the cornea or teeth Exemption of venipuncture and phlebotomy delegated to Lab Technicians (we are not regulated)
- Setting or casting a fracture of a bone or a dislocation of a joint
- Administrating a substance by injection or inhalation
- Putting an instrument or finger into any openings of the body
- Prescribing or dispensing or selling drugs
- Prescribing for eye or hearing problems
Laboratory Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act regulation 682/3
describe the qualifications that a Lab Technician must possess in order to work in a licensed medical laboratory. Currently, Lab Technicians work under the supervision of the Lab Technologist when performing test procedures. Should the Lab Technicians become regulated, this supervision will no longer be required. Also dictates who needs to be in a lab Director-Supervisor- Technologist- Technician , what types of specimen can be examined and processed (ONLY HUMAN), who can order tests (midwives (only pregnancy related tests), dentists, doctors, clinical nurse practitioners).
At request of an insurer
medical physician orders the tests under the Insurance Act
a laboratory is defined as:
means an institution, building or place where examinations as are prescribed by the regulations, of specimens taken from the human body are performed to obtain information for medical diagnosis, prophylaxis or treatment
Specimen collection centre is defined in the act as
a place where specimens are taken or collected from the human body for examination to obtain information. Does not include where an HPC is doing surgery
Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA):
Can only use information in the course of providing services , Cannot disclose any information, Provider must ensure that all employees and agents comply with the regulations.
Scope of PHIPA
- Health information custodians (HICs) that collect, use and disclose personal health information (PHI). Must ensure that reasonable steps are taken to protect the information against theft, loss or unauthorized use.
- HIC are defined as HPC, Pharmacies, labs, hospitals, nursing homes – where people give you treatment
- Non-health information custodians where they receive personal health information from a health information custodian (use and disclosure provisions)
Health information is:
- Highly sensitive and personal in nature
- Must be shared among health care providers for the benefit of the individual
- Disclosed for secondary purposes if it is viewed to be in the best public interest (e.g. research, public health, fraud investigation, quality assurance)
Right of Access and Correction to PHI Record:
- An individual has a right of access to his/her records
- right to correct their records of personal health information
- Custodian must respond to a patient’s request to access his/her health record within 30 days, with a possible 30 day extension
- Custodian must offer assistance if a patient’s request lacks sufficient detail of what the patient wants
Corrections to records must be made by
striking out information in a manner that does not obliterate it, labelling the information and removing it from the record, while maintaining a link to the record or informing the person accessing the information that it is incorrect and how to get the updated information. Custodian must give written notice to all persons who access the records of the correction/s made on PHI record.
Privacy
is the right of an individual to keep personal information from being disclosed
Confidentiality
is how we as health care providers/employees treat private information once we and others receive it
Canada Health Act (CHA):
- Canada’s federal health insurance legislation.
- Federal government gives the province and territories money and they decide how it will be allocated based on the criteria provided by the federal government
- aim to ensure people are provided services without being charged directly
- universal healthcare founded by tommy douglas
Canada’s national health insurance is often referred to as “Medicare”
Ensures all residents have access to hospital and physician services on a prepaid basis
National program is composed of 13 provincial and territorial health plans
universal health insurance be guided by 4 criteria
a) Public Administration - applies to provinces and territories not the hospital. Must be operated by a non profit basis
b) Comprehensiveness - must cover all insured health services
c) Universality -services provided on equitable terms and conditions.
d) Portability -minimum waiting period, not to exceed three months, imposed by the new province of residence.
e) Accessibility -reasonable access to insured health care services and access must not be impeded, directly or indirectly by charges or location
Occupational Health and Safety Act
gives a worker the right to refuse work that he or she believes is unsafe.
- The Right to Know
- The Right to Participate
- The Right to Refuse Dangerous Work