Patient Rights
private conversations between a healthcare professional and a patient which cannot be disclosed in court.
What is privileged communication.
touching a person without his or her consent.
What is battery?
a diagram that shows how departments in an organization are related to one another
What is an organizational chart?
These forms of complimentary and alternative medicine involve manipulative and body-based therapies.
What are massage, Chiropractic and Osteopathy
the process of looking for and removing potential hazards that could cause injury or harm
What is a safety check?
This act restricts the sharing of protected health information with anyone who is not involved in a patient’s care, and it allows the patient to control how much information is shared and with whom it is shared.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
_____ is an act that inflicts physical or emotional harm.
What is abuse?
are the hierarchy of command from the top down through all the different ranks of employees.
What is are lines of authority?
This symbol represents most traditional Chinese medicine practices which are based in complementary or opposing forces.
What is "yin and yang"?
information about the safe operation of a piece of equipment, which is usually found in the instruction manual or on equipment labels
What is a safety precautions
In order to help improve patient care, the American Hospital Association created this document in 1973.
What is the Patient's Bill of Rights?
_______ is the failure to do something a person with training should have known enough to do.
What is negligence?
preventable mistakes that can occur at any point in the healthcare process and may potentially cause harm to the patient.
What are medical errors?
These forms of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine which are based on different types of energy that can be focused on an area of the body.
What are Reiki, Qigong and Magnet Therapy?
This federal agency is responsible for workplace safety, has specific guidelines for preventing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens and handling hazardous materials. Inspectors look for cleanliness, attention to safety procedures, and safety of the physical environment in a workplace.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
a patient’s choice to accept or reject a procedure after receiving information on available options and possible consequences.
What is informed consent?
______ is holding people against their will or limiting their movement without the right to do so.
What is false imprisonment?
acts of verbal abuse, threats, physical assault, or homicide that occur at work.
What is workplace violence?
These two items, used in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, are considered medical devices, and their production and use must follow federal law, as per regulations from the Food and Drug Administration and the Public Health Service Act.
What are biofeedback machines and acupuncture needles?
specific positions for muscles and joints that help a person avoid injury during a physical task.
What is body mechanics?
Preventable mistakes that can occur at any point in the healthcare process and may potentially cause harm to the patient.
What are medical errors?
term for actions that violate a professional’s scope of practice or standard of care and result in injury to a patient that could reasonably have been expected
What is malpractice?
the level of service that a healthcare professional is expected to provide to a patient based on that professional’s position and the patient’s condition.
What is a standard of care?
Created by Congress in 1998, this organization is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals.
What is the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
the legal requirement for certain health issues to be reported to authorities.
What is mandatory reporting?