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Legal Responsibilities
Common Torts
Contracts
Privileged Communications
Privacy Act
100
those that are authorized or based on law.
What are legal responsibilities?
100
anything that causes physical harm, mental anguish, or pain.
What is abuse?
100
an agreement between two or more people.
What is a contract?
100
Information given to healthcare personnel is confidential.
What is privileged communications?
100
Patients must be informed of how their information is being used.
What is the privacy rule?
200
deals with behavior known as crime.
What is criminal law?
200
Professional negligence or 'bad practice'.
What is malpractice?
200
Offer, acceptance, consideration.
What are the parts of a contract?
200
Patient has the right to obtain a copy of this at any time.
What are healthcare records?
200
Release of information on diseases or injuries that must be reported by law.
What is exempt information?
300
the legal relationships between people and the protection of their rights.
What is civil law?
300
Failure to give expected standard of care.
What is negligence?
300
Obligations understood without verbally expressed terms.
What is an implied contract?
300
Allows all medical facilities to electronically transfer and receive patient health records.
What is the National Electronic Medical Record Exchange (EMRX)?
300
Births, deaths, STD's
What are examples of exempt information?
400
theft, murder, illegal possession of drugs, misuse of narcotics
What is an example of criminal law?
400
information is written.
What is libel?
400
Stated in clear language, either orally or written.
What is an expressed contract?
400
Reduces healthcare costs or better patient safety with quick access to medical history.
What is a benefit to the EMRX?
500
In health care, this usually means torts and contracts.
What is civil law's meaning in health care?
500
information is spoken.
What is slander?
500
Healthcare facility has a service or treatment they can offer.
What is an offer?