Test 1 Flashcards
Which of the following payment/reimbursement systems is operated by the federal government and provides insurance plans for persons over age 65?
Medicare
A hospital that is financially supported by a religious organization is classified as:
Private, non-profit
The focused imaging modality that specializes in breast imaging is:
mammography
What provides dynamic imaging so that function and anatomy can be evaluated?
Fluoroscopy
Which type of health insurance is provided by the government to lower income families?
Medicaid
A term for a predetermined choice made to inform the health care treatment wishes of the patient should he/she become incompetent is:
Advance directive
Which branch of law addresses wrongs committed against the state?
Criminal
A threat to harm another is termed:
Assault
What are the benefits of requiring radiographers to have a license to practice, especially if the license requires ARRT certification?
Ensures quality care for the public by properly educated imaging professionals
A patient is left alone on an imaging table while the technologist checks image quality. The patient feels nauseous, so he turns to vomit and rolls off the table. Which of the following might result from this situation?
Negligence
The national professional organization for radiologic technologists is the:
ASRT
What does the acronym HIPAA mean?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The ethical principle or legal right that requires health care employees to hold secret all information relating to a patient, unless the patient gives consent permitting discussion
Confidentiality
A civil wrong in which liability is based on unreasonable conduct defines:
Tort
the capacity to think, decide, and act on one’s own free will and initiative
Autonomy
principle that ethics should be based on what is consistent and fair to all involved
Justice
moral principle of doing the most good, or doing what is best for patients
Beneficence
principle of do no harm to the patient, or to the fewest number of people in society
nonmaleficence
The process of decreasing the number of infectious agents present in an environment defines:
medical asepsis
Criteria to assess the areas of clinical performance, quality performance, and professional performance are found in the:
ASRT Practice Standards
The complete removal of all pathogens and spores from equipment used for invasive procedures defines:
surgical asepsis
destruction of pathogens by chemical means is termed
disinfecting
What is considered the most effective procedure in medical asepsis?
hand hygiene
The nationwide increase in patient visits to the emergency department is principally due to
the inability of patient to obtain low cost health insurance
