MHA 705 Module 7- Exam 7

Developing a national HIT infrastructure is an enormous and extremely complex undertaking that requires

Financial assets Technological assets Human resources All of these are correct

Although theoretical definitions of ethics vary, what identifies a common characteristic of ethics?

Goal-oriented

Healthcare professionals need to be familiar with the___________.

Goals and purposes of the HITECH Act of 2009 Medicare and Medicaid HIT provisions of the law and the concepts of "meaningful use" and "certified EHR technology" Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 All of these are correct

New technologies in digital communications, electronic health records, and telehealth raise issues related to

Privacy and confidentiality

It is essential that the process used for making ethical decisions be systematic and flexible

True

Ethics is best described as

A goal-oriented approach to answering questions that potentially have multiple acceptable answers

When healthcare agencies provide access to health information on websites, they

Must adhere to responsible information standards

A healthcare worker has violated a patient's confidential and private information. What governmental agency will be called to investigate?

Compliance officer

The intent of HIPAA was to

Curtail healthcare fraud and abuse and enforce standards for health information Guarantee the security and privacy of health information Assure health insurance portability for employed persons All of these are correct

What helps to ethically delineate healthcare practice from healthcare information obtained from the Internet?

Direct provider patient communication

Linking health plans, providers, and the government to allow for the meaningful use of healthcare information is called

Enterprise integration

A process of various ways of understanding and examining the moral life is called

Ethics

Compliance with the Privacy and Security Rules is only mandatory for some entities

False

HIPAA has improved the privacy and security of patient health information by applying the requirements of the HITECH act to the business associates of covered entities and by enhancing the breach notification requirements of the HITECH act.

False

The main goal of any ethical decision is to

Reach a rational, justifiable decision

Which of the following is not true about social media?

Social media posts are easily deleted by the person who initiated the post

Morals are widely shared social conventions about right and wrong human conduct

True

The presence of a moral dilemma creates

Uncertainty

Which situation presents a bioethical dilemma?

Use of stem cell technology in research

Two ethics approaches that emphasize considering human needs and the responsibility to meet needs are

Virtue and care ethics

Principles of nonmaleficence are related to direct contacts with patients and do not apply to information published on health websites

False

Which social conventions about right and wrong human conduct are so widely shared that they form a stable general agreement?

Morals

In ethics theory, autonomy means

Personal responsibility Acting alone Freedom from controlling interferences All of these are correct

Which theoretical framework emerged as a foundation for ethical decision making?

Principalism

Fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment in light of what is due or owed to a person is known as

Justice

The fundamental nature of bioethics relates to

Needs of humans

Which principle of ethics has a nursing educator violated in failing to correctly teach his/her students how to calculate medication dosages?

Nonmaleficence

asserts an obligation not to inflict harm intentionally and forms a framework for the standard of care.

Nonmaleficence

An ethics approach applied to relatively homogenous societies, where beliefs are similar and most societal members shared common values, is known as

The Hippocratic tradition

In ethics theory, nonmaleficence means

The obligation not to inflict harm intentionally

A core difficulty with social media networks is that networks overlap so that the unintended audience is almost always greater than the intended one

True

A security breach is considered discovered as soon as an employee other than the individual who committed the breach knows or should have known of the breach, such as unauthorized access or even an unsuccessful attempt to access information.

True

Ethical dilemmas occur when issues raise questions that cannot be answered with a simple, clearly defined rule, fact, or authoritative view

True

Social media is an acceptable form of communication but has the potential for ethical and legal complications

True

The HITECH Act was enacted in 2009 to help stimulate both health care and financial recovery in the United States

True