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This type of treatment is used primarily to treat the symptoms of a disease to reduce the effects of a disease without curing the underlying condition.
To maintain quality, many programs seek _____________, credit or recognition from a regional or national organization for maintaining certain standards.
What is Accreditation?
This is a claim that is expected to be honored. It is stronger than a wish or a need.
What is a Right?
This term is used to refer to a set of laws that protect society. such as laws against, robbery, rape, DUI, etc.
What is Criminal Law?
This term means an injury or wrong against a person or property that does not involve breach of contract.
What is a Tort?
The absence of illness or disease & a state of being in which the individual feels well & is able to carry out the daily functions of life without difficulty or pain.
What is Health?
A process by which an organization, often a national body, validates credentials of an individual or program.
What is Certification?
A commitment to act in a certain way on the basis of religious beliefs, moral principles, or a particular professional code of conduct.
What is a Duty?
This term comprises the laws that deal with relationships & disputed between individuals & or groups of people.
What is Private or Civil Law?
This term is the failure to act-or to refrain from acting as a reasonable person would act in a similar circumstance.
What is Negligence?
A system by which a person or employer pays a company a yearly amount of money; that company in return pays for some or most of the person's medical expenses.
What is Health Insurance?
These are designed to keep current skills up to date, attain new skills & obtain new information about professional practices. The NCCT requires 14 hours of these annually for recertification of Medical Assistants.
What are (CEUs)- Continuing Education Units?
A document executed by an individual that give medical professionals instructions about how he or she wishes to be treated in the event of becoming incompetent.
What is a Living Will?
The person or entity that makes the complaint in a lawsuit.
Who is the plaintiff?
A court order that requires an individual to be present to testify during some part of the trail process.
What is a Subpoena?
This member of the health care team must complete 4 year of college, 4 years of medical or osteopathic school & in addition must complete a hospital based, intensive post graduate training period called a residency for 2-7 years.
Who is the Physician or Doctor?
This process helps patients to identify their values related to health, set personal health goals, & take steps to meet their personal goals.
What is Health Coaching?
A person usually names an agent to carry out his or her wishes if he or she is unable to do so. A ______
__________ __________ names the person who is charged with this responsibility & may also give instructions to the designated person concerning medical issues.
What is a Health Care Proxy?
The person or entity against whom a lawsuit is brought.
Who is the Defendant?
A court order requiring that documents or other evidence be made available.
What is Subpoena Duces Tecum?
What is Osteopathy?
The ability to begin or follow through on a plan without being supervised. This is an important quality a medical assistant
What is Initiative?
A serious crime punishable by death or imprisonment in a state of federal penal institution for more than 1 year.
What is a Felony?
A less serious crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than 1 year, often in a locl or county penal institution.
What is a Misdemeanor?
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This rule complements the privacy rule by setting standards to maintain the security of personal health information that is transmitted electronically. It identifies administrative, physical, & technical security safe guards for electronic protected health information.
What is Security Rule?