law
The release, transfer, or provision of access to protected health information
disclosure
According to the Privacy Rule, patients may request that medical facilities call them at a work phone number instead of a home phone number.
true
Health care providers must respond to patients' grievances.
true
If employees are injured at work or become ill due to work-related causes, workers' compensation will reimburse them for their medical costs and lost wages.
true
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, standards serve to protect employees from injury and illness in the workplace.
true
The Clinical Laboratories Improvement Amendments, or CLIA, establish quality standards for laboratories.
true
Justice
Health care workers treat patients equally and without discrimination.
What is the name of the form that patients must sign to give permission to the medical facility to disclose health information?
Release of Information form
In order for health care workers to be guilty of malpractice, a patient must have received a serious injury.
True
In order to reach a correct diagnosis and the best treatment, patients should give complete and truthful information to their physicians.
True
Information that is shared between a physician and patient is privileged communication.
True
Patients may request amendments to their medical records
True
Patients with serious medical conditions must have access to specialists.
True
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act requires health care and pension plans to give participants information about the plans.
True
When leaving telephone messages, health care workers should not speak about any confidential information.
True
With electronic medical records, users are able to remotely access to up-to-date information.
True
Which federal act allows people to donate their body or parts of their body after death for transplantation or medical research?
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
What type of law focuses on disputes between people?
Civil law
What are the rights that people are entitled to when they are in a relationship with a professional, such as an attorney or physician?
Client rights
According to the Security Rule in HIPAA, which of the following is an example of a physical safeguard?
Computer server rooms should be locked.
What is using discretion when handling protected health information?
Confidentiality
When are health care workers liable?
All of below If they breach a contract If they commit a criminal offense If they do not meet the established standards of care
According to the Privacy Rule, which item must be included in a record of disclosures of protected health information?
All of the above
According to the Privacy Rule, which of the following is true about authorization?
All of the above
According to the Security Rule in HIPAA, which of the following is an example of a technical safeguard?
All of the above
How may people state that they want to donate their body or parts of their body after death?
All of the above
What does scope of practice require?
All of the above
What kind of information must health care providers give to patients?
All of the above
What must health care workers report to the proper authorities even without the patient's permission?
All of the above
What protective measures should be taken to ensure that electronic medical records are confidential and secure?
All of the above
What right(s) do patients have under the Patient's Bill of Rights?
All of the above
What right(s) do residents of long-term health care facilities have?
All of the above
What types of people does legal disability include?
All of the above
Which of the following is a legal or public interest issue in which health information can be disclosed without authorization?
All of the above
What is a process of identification, evaluation, and prevention?
Applying risk management
When are medical facilities required to notify patients of the privacy policy?
At the first visit
Nurse assistants, licensed practical nurses, and registered nurses must complete the same amount of education.
False
The Family and Medical Leave Act allows employees to take unpaid leave for vacation.
False
There are no additional costs to electronic medical records.
False
When health data is needed for research, the entire medical record is disclosed to the researchers.
False
A nursing home identifies that it has been sued for several adverse events. The facility discovers that the patients who sued experienced poor relationships with staff. To prevent future lawsuits, the facility institutes a communication training program for staff.
Risk management
What are laws?
Rules of conduct enacted and enforced by a government
What may be included in medical records?
Subjective statements made by patients
A clinically depressed woman who takes antidepressant medication becomes pregnant. Antidepressants, though, could harm the fetus. Her physician lists possible solutions, evaluates each, chooses the best one, and closely assesses its affects.
problem solving
In the Privacy Rule, what is authorization?
The written permission that patients give to disclose protected health information
Rules of proper conduct among a group of people, such as a religion or profession, are called _____.
ethics
According to HIPAA, a health insurance company can deny coverage to a person with pre-existing health conditions.
false
An implied contract is an agreement that is specifically and clearly stated.
false
Errors in medical records should be erased or covered with correction fluid.
false
The durable power of attorney can outweigh the guidelines in a living will.
false
Unneeded printouts, copies, and faxes of confidential information should be thrown in trash cans.
false
A registered nurse records a patient's care completely, objectively, legibly, and in a timely manner.
keeping proper identification
Rules of conduct enacted and enforced by governments
laws
When did HIPAA become law?
1996
Who do medical records belong to?
Health care providers
What is the first part of informed consent?
A clear explanation of a procedure or test
What is a document that allows people to state what medical treatments they want or do not want to prolong their life in the event that they are unable to make decisions or communicate because of severe illness or injury?
A living will
After Jane Xavier filed an electronic insurance claim, it was processed within 5 days. She was pleased because just a few years ago, the claims process took about 30 days.
Administrative Simplification
What is intentionally damaging a person's reputation by making false statements about the person called?
Defamation of character
Which of the following is an example of information that is obtained incidentally?
Dr. Kemper discusses a health condition with a patient behind closed doors. A nurse outside the door hears the conversation.
What type of abuse includes excessive demands, insults, humiliation, jealousy, control, isolation, stalking, threats, lack of affection, and lack of support?
Emotional abuse
According to scope of practice, nurse assistants should delegate and supervise subordinate staff in implementing care.
False
Assault is touching another person without the person's permission.
False
Ethical dilemmas occur when laws conflict.
False
Event reports are personal accounts of events.
False
False imprisonment is threatening or attempting to harm a person.
False
Health care providers can discriminate against patients based on socio-economic status.
False
Health care workers should try to force their opinions about bioethical dilemmas on patients.
False
Health care workers, not patients, have the right to make decisions about patients' health care.
False
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Fidelity
Health care workers care for patients according to their profession's scope of practice.
Veracity
Health care workers communicate with patients truthfully.
Confidentiality
Health care workers maintain confidentiality of patients' health information.
Beneficence
Health care workers promote patients' health and well being.
Autonomy
Health care workers respect patients' dignity and rights, including their right to make decisions regarding their health care.
Michael Schmidt and his family had access to health insurance even after he lost his job.
Insurance portability
What is invasion of privacy?
Intentionally interfering with a person's right to be left alone
The Residents' Bill of Rights contains rights for which patients?
Patients at a long-term care facility
Which federal act created a list of rights for residents at long term care facilities called the Residents' Bill of Rights?
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
Which federal act requires health care providers to provide information to patients about their rights to make decisions regarding their health care and to have advance directives?
Patient Self-Determination Act
With whom can patient information be shared without the patient's permission?
Patient's other health care providers at a practice
Who has the right to make decisions regarding patients' health care?
Patients
What are the principles that direct a facility's activities and state what a facility does?
Policies
What is the term used to describe any individually identifiable health information about a patient?
Protected Health Information (PHI)
Patients have a right to obtain a copy of their medical records. Which item is legally allowed to be kept from the patient?
Psychotherapy notes
According to scope of practice, who can teach nursing theory and practice in educational programs when qualified?
Registered nurses
According to scope of practice, who should verify medical orders for proper authorization, accuracy, and risks?
Registered nurses
For what reason may an employer legally NOT hire an applicant?
The applicant is not old enough for the type of job or the hours required by the job.
When a criminal law is broken, who is the plaintiff, or the party that brings charges against the alleged offender?
The government
What right(s) do residents of long-term health care facilities have?
To refuse and receive visitors of their choice and to consult in private and without interference
In HIPAA, what is the name of the rule that required nationally standardized medical transactions and codes?
Transaction and Code Set Rule
A tort is a case in which a person is harmed because of another person's actions or failure to act.
True
According to the Privacy Rule in HIPAA, patients must provide written authorization before health information is released to anyone else.
True
Advance directives are legal documents that allow people to state what medical treatments they want or do not want in the event that they are unable to make decisions or communicate because of severe illness or injury.
True
An exception to informed consent is emergencies.
True
Libel is publishing false text or images.
True
When problem solving, health care workers should identify the objective that must be achieved before making and implementing a plan.
True
According to their code of ethics, what should health care workers do?
all below Respect patients' right to make decisions regarding their health care Care for patients according to their profession's scope of practice Maintain confidentiality of patients' health information Treat patients equally and without discrimination
When may sexual harassment occur?
all below An applicant's submission to sexual conduct is a term of the applicant's employment An employee's submission to or rejection of sexual conduct affects the employer's treatment of the employee Sexual conduct interferes with an employee's work performance or creates a hostile working environment
What type of work-related hazard does the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, prevent?
all below Biological Chemical Physical Psychological
What does a code of ethics do?
all below Direct the behavior of the people belonging to the group Directs the decisions of the people belonging to the group when faced with ethical problems
What does the Fair Labor Standards Act regulate?
all below Child labor Equal pay Minimum wage Overtime pay
The permission that patients give in writing in order to disclose protected health information
authorization
Using discretion when handling protected health information
confidentiality
What is a voluntary agreement between two or more people called?
contract
A physician prescribes penicillin to a patient with a documented allergic reaction to penicillin. When the penicillin is administered to the patient, the patient again has an allergic reaction. The physician's supervisor reports the physician's violation.
filing event reports
In a hospital, lab specimens are to be labeled properly. As a result, when labeling a blood sample, a medical assistant records the patient's surname, first, and middle as well as the patient's ID number. Then the medial assistant records the date, time, and his initials.
following policies and procedures
Nonmaleficence
health care workers refrain from harming patients.
Being legally responsible for causing harm is called _____.
liable
What is professional negligence called?
malpractice
An individual's personal values
morals
Any individually identifiable health information about a patient
patient health information
The patients' right to control the use of their protected health information
privacy
Lydia Wilson signed a Release of Information form that gave her family doctor permission to share her medical records with her obstetrician.
privacy of health information
Fairview Hospital installed a fingerprint-activated security system to the medical records department.
security of electronic records