Chapters 1-3
What is the ethical theory that involves the "veil of ignorance"?
Justice based
What refers to insurance coverage: a prepaid health organization in which a patient can only see physicians within their network?
HMO
What act requires reporting of all child abuse cases?
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974
Under OSHA, what must be offered to an employee after an occupational exposure?
Hepatitis B vaccination
What is one of the patient’s rights under HIPAA?
-Access to & right to copy medical records
-Requests to have an amendment or change made to a medical record
- Request for an accounting of disclosure
- Request to be contracted to an alternate location
- Request for further restrictions on who has access to the medical record
What type of law covers wrongful acts that result in harm to another person or their property?
Tort
Transfer of responsibility of patient care from one provider to another is an example of…
Delegation of Duties
What is the service provided by many institutions for all their employees and employees’ family members?
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Which act prevents employment discrimination of the handicapped?
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
What is cardiac death?
Death in which the heart has stopped functioning (lack of breathing)
What model for approaching a medical ethical dilemma emphasizes that patients should play an active role in decision-making?
Dr. Bernard Lo’s Clinical Model
The purpose of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Act of 1986…
What is to provide peer review of physicians, improve quality of medical care,and protection from lawsuits?
What are the 4 types of medical waste?
Solid, chemical, radioactive, infectious
This act extends your insurance after termination of employment at the expense of the employee
What is COBRA?
What type of organism is MRSA?
bacteria
What type of law is established from court decisions?
Common Law
A voluntary agreement allowing a medically trained person to touch, examine, and perform a treatment is referred to as…
Consent
What does "Res Ipsa Loquitur" mean?
"The thing speaks for itself"
Name a permitted incidental disclosure
- Speaking at a nurses’ station in a low voice
- Speaking on the phone in a low voice or use a private room
- Limit information on a voicemail
- Sign in in a waiting room
- Calling a patient back to the room
- Patients charts in a hallway must face away from bystanders
What is the difference between active and passive euthanasia?
Active is intentional killing of the terminally ill
Passive is allowing patient to die naturally (by withholding basic needs such as hydration and nutrition).
What type of consent can you infer from the patient's actions and body language?
Implied consent
A state and federally funded insurance that covers people aged 65 & over, disabled people who are entitled to Social Security, and people with end-stage renal disease at any age…
Medicare
How long is the Statute of Limitations?
1 - 3 years, depending on the state
What is the Privacy Act of 1974?
Provides private citizens some control over information that the federal government collects about them by information for unnecessary purposes
What are Medicare fraud penalties?
$250,000 and/or up to 10 years in prison.