A collection of data recorded when a patient seeks medical treatment is called...
What is a medical record?
100
Routine release of information about a patient is often released when subpeona is issued for this...
What is use in a court of law?
100
Those persons under the age of majority who are living away from home and responsible for their own support are called...
What is emancipated minors?
100
Passed in 1996, this act addresses privacy of health information and mandates certain standards and procedures...
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
100
In the case of the patitnet who signed consent forms while medicated and disoriented established that before proceeding with treatment, health care practicioners must determine this...
What is competency?
200
As a legal document, a patient's medical record may be ____________ as evidence in court...
What is subpoenaed?
200
A federal statute that protects information sharing about patients with histories of substance abuse is called...
What is confidentiality of alchohol and drug abuse, patient records?
200
When a patient does not speak or understand English, an _______ may be necessary to inform the patient and obtain his or her consent...
What is an interpreter?
200
The application of information processing that deals with storage, retrieval, sharing and use of health care information is called...
What is health information technology?
200
Good Samaritans can be ____ for damages in some instances...
What is liable?
300
The Five C's pertaining to medical records are: concise, complete, clear, correct and __________________...
What is chronologically ordered?
300
A physician's obligation to his or her patient, based on trust and confidence is called...
What is fiduciary duty?
300
The number of states that have passed Good Samaritan Acts is....
What is 50?
300
When discarding confidential papers, do not discard in this...
What is a trash container?
300
Roe v. Wade determined that a woman could terminate her pregnancy during the first _________?
What is tri-mester?
400
A principal under which a physician can exercise judgement as to whether to show patients who are being treated for mental or emotional conditions is called...
What is doctrine of professional discretion?
400
Permission from a person, either expressed or implied, for something to be done by another is called...
What is informed consent?
400
Individuals judged by the court to be insane, senile, mentally challenged or under the influence of drugs or alcohol are called ...
What is mentally incompetent?
400
This contains the same information as any medical record, but in electronic form...
What is electronic health record (EHR)?
400
The case of Rowe v. Wade upheld that the right to privacy includes a woman's right to an _________ ?
What is abortion?
500
Medical records documents are owned by the facility where they were created but the medical records information is owned by the ...
What is the patient?
500
The legal basis for informed consent, usually outlined in a state's medical practice acts is called...
What is doctrine of informed consent?
500
State laws protecting physicians, other health care practitioners and laypersons from charges of negligence or abandonment are called...
What is Good Samaritan acts?
500
Today, a patient's chest ___ can be sent electronically...
What is X-ray?
500
As a general rule, _____ have no right to refuse urgently needed life sustaining medical treatment to their non-terminally ill children...