Chapter 8 - Row I
The pre-trial process and time period in which parties to a lawsuit use various strategies to obtain information about a case, held by other parties, prior to a trial.
What is DISCOVERY
One's agreement to receive medical treatment
What is CONSENT
A social value and is the right "to be let alone".
What is PRIVACY
Information that does not identify an individual because personal characteristics have been stripped from it in such a way that it cannot be later constituted to reidentify an individual.
What is DEIDENTIFIED INFORMATION
The written questions to the parties in order to obtain information
What is INTERROGATORIES
Explicit consent for routine treatment given by the patient to the healthcare provider or organization.
What is GENERAL CONSENT
The sharing of private thoughts in confidence with someone else
This includes the health records, billing records, and various claims records that are used to make decisions about an individual.
What is a DESIGNATED RECORD SET (DRS)
The legal document that facilitates discovery by instructing someone to do something, or bring something.
What is a SUBPOENA
A legal term referring to a patient's right to make his or her own treatment decisions based on the knowledge of the treatment or the procedure to be performed.
What is INFORMED CONSENT
One of the key federal regulations that governs the protection of protected health information.
What is the HIPAA PRIVACY RULE
This requires that uses, disclosures, and requests be limited to only the amount needed to accomplish and intended purpose.
What is the MINIMUM NECESSARY STANDARD
This seeks one's testimony
What is a SUBPOENA AD TESTIFICANDUM
A special type of consent that communicates an individual's wishes to be treated or not-should the individual become unable to communicate on his or her own behalf.
What is an ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
A person or organization that must comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Behavioral health notes that document a mental health professional's impressions from private counseling sessions.
What are PSYCHOTHERAPY NOTES
This seeks documents and other records one can bring with him or her.
What is a SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
Executed by a competent adult, expressing the individual's wishes regarding treatment should the individual become afflicted with certain conditions and no longer be able to communicate on his or her own behalf.
What is a LIVING WILL
A person or organization other than a member of a CE's workforce that performs functions on behalf of a CE that involves the use of PHI.
What is a BUSINESS ASSOCIATE (BA)
This states that an individual has the right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures made by a CE.
What is the RIGHT TO REQUEST ACCOUNT OF DISCLOSURES