Responsibilities
Legalities
Physician Duties to the Public
General Vocab
HIPAA
100
A doctor's license is granted by this group of people
What is the State Board of Examiners
100
This amount of time is considered sufficient to allow for a patient to find another provider when care must be withdrawn.
What is 10 days
100
This state record the physician must report to the State Health Dept. and the Burear of Vital Statistics
What is birth certificates
100
Touching someone without their consent
What is Battery
100
HIPAA stands for what
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
200
Every potential doctor is required to pass this before they can obtain a lisense
What is an examination
200
It is this person's responsibility to prove malpractice if it goes to court
What is the patient
200
Certain diseases are considered reportable and are required to be reported to whom?
What is Public Health/Dept. of Health and Environment
200
Written and signed authorization for a specific procedure that proves understanding
What is Informed Consent
200
HIPAA was passed in what year
What is 1996
300
M.D. licensing requirements include these four main things
What is age, moral character, formal training, and residence
300
The spoken form of defamation of character
What is slander
300
Injuries due to violence must be reported STAT to whom?
What is the police
300
Failure to meet the terms of a contract
What is Breach of Contract
300
Every new patient seen in a medical office should sign a receipt of HIPAA practices at what point in their visit?
What is the very beginning, before anything else is done
400
When a patient "no shows" for an appointment, the MA should make a note of this in which two places?
What is the appoinment book (which is a legal document) and the patient's chart
400
The Latin term for an obvious mistake; "the thing speaks for itself"
What is Res Ipsa Loquitor
400
In case of homicide or suicide, who must be notified?
What is the coroner's office
400
A system of professional conduct, behaviors, morals, and values
What is Ethics
400
When having a phone conversation with a paitent, you should be in what kind of area of the office?
What is private (out of earshot of other patients)
500
the latin term for "let the master answer for it"
What is Respondeat Superior
500
Business should be discussed privately and on what basis
What is need-to-know basis
500
Sexual abuse of a minor at the hands of a family member are reportable to whom?
What is Social Services
500
The quality of medical care equal to that which the average, prudent person would deliver
What is Standard of Care
500
The general rule of thumb to ensure that you are following privacy laws is....
What is keep your mouth shut!
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