PHI
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is HIPPA
Result in harm to a patient
What is the definition of medical errors
Confidentiality
What is not an ethical principle
Assisted living
What is a bridge between nursing homes and home care
In most states, a person who reports suspected child abuse in, most states, is immune from criminal and civil liability
What is Good Faith
Any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that can be connected to a person
What is protected health information
Failing to report known or suspected child abuse
What is an omission
An action that can cause one to violate an ethical principal or standard
What is an ethical dilemma
Respite care
What is the program that specifically provides temporary relief to an elderly person’s care provider
Professionals who are required to report observed or suspected instances of abuse and neglect of vulnerable individuals
Who is a mandated reporter
Someone or an organization that transmits information about patient care or financial aspects of patient care
What is a covered entity
Who caused it to happen
What is not a step in a root cause analysis
Experience
What is not a factor in competence
A life expectancy of 6 months or less
What is the condition a patient must satisfy in order to be eligible for hospice care
Young age, disabilities, and provocative children
What are the risk factors for child maltreatment
The year HIIPA was initially enacted
What is 1996
The 3 essential elements of informed consent
What is voluntarism, information disclosure, and decisional capacity
Loss of professional identity
What is an extreme consequence of boundary violations
Depression
What is generally undiagnosed, under-diagnosed and often goes untreated in the elderly
Vulnerable populations
Who are children, the elderly, and disabled people
Safeguards to protect health information
What is the primary concern of the HIPAA Security Rule
The Tarasoff Case
What is first legal case that resulted in the duty to warn laws
Ethical standards are useful because they are specific and offer guidance relevant to all ethical dilemmas
What is false
Autonomy
What is the patient's right to make decisions regarding one's own medical care, with respect to end-of-life care
Every state has a legal obligation to report elder abuse
What is false