HIPAA & Patient Rights
This federal agency is responsible for enforcing HIPAA regulations.
What is the HHS Office for Civil Rights?
The supreme law of the United States.
What is the Constitution of the United States?
A minor crime is called this.
What is a misdemeanor?
The four D’s of negligence include duty, dereliction, direct cause, and this.
What are damages?
Offer and acceptance, consideration, competency and capacity, and legal subject matter are all part of this.
What are required elements of a legally binding contract?
The federal law that requires healthcare facilities to inform patients about advance directives
What is the Patient Self-Determination Act?
This law requires healthcare professionals to provide the same standard of care within their scope of practice when assisting in an emergency.
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
A medical assistant calling in a prescription without a provider’s order is considered this.
What is a crime?
Administering a prescribed injection incorrectly and causing harm to the patient is an example of this type of negligence.
What is misfeasance?
This type of dispute resolution results in a final decision that is legally binding.
What is arbitration?
Under HIPAA, providers, health plans, and clearinghouses that transmit PHI electronically are called
What are covered entities?
This doctrine means “let the master answer” and makes employers responsible for the actions of their employees.
What is Respondeat superior?
Threatening a child with a shot if they do not behave is an example of this tort.
What is assault?
Sending a patient home after a medication reaction without notifying the provider is an example of this type of negligence.
What is malfeasance?
This unique identification number is assigned to all healthcare providers in the United States.
What is the NPI?
As amedical professional what are we required to report under state law.
What is sexually transmitted infections, abuse or neglect, violence-related injuries, and certain diseases
This legal doctrine means “the thing speaks for itself” and may apply when negligence is obvious.
What is Res ipsa loquitur?
Giving a child an immunization without parental consent is an example of this tort.
What is battery?
To prevent malpractice, healthcare professionals should do this.
What is work within their scope of practice?
This person under age 18 is legally able to enter into a contract.
Who is an emancipated minor?
This HIPAA rule gives patients the right to access and review their own medical records under certain curicumstances.
What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
This can impact our professional performance.”
Personal Morals?
Telling someone outside the clinic about a patient’s medical visit is an example of this tort.
What is invasion of privacy?
In a legal case, negligence must be this.
What is proven?
What does the HIPAA standards include
What is code sets, privacy rules, security rules, and unique identifiers.