Abbreviations
Abbreviation for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPAA
Focuses on behavior known as crime.
Criminal law
A wrongful act, not involving a contract.
Tort
An agreement between two or more parties
contract
A person who is legally required to report abuse or suspected abuse
Mandated Reporter
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation ACT
OBRA
Focuses on the legal relationships between people and the protection of a person's rights.
Civil Law
Forgetting to raise the bed rails, resulting in a patient rolling out of bed.
Negligence
Most contracts have how many parts?
3
All information given to a healthcare provider by the patient
Privileged communications
POA
Power of Attorney
A wrongful act that does not involve a contract.
Tort
A surgeon amputated the wrong foot.
Malpractice
The three parts that make up a contract
Offer, Acceptance, Consideration
Healthcare records belong to the _____________
Provider
A patient's private health record that is stored electronically.
EHR
"Bad Practice"
Malpractice
Threatening to hit a patient for not staying in the bed.
Assault
Two types of consent.
Implied Consent and Expressed Consent
Conditions that would prevent a person from legally signing a contract or consent form.
Legal Disabilities
Also known as ACA
Affordable Care Act
The two main types of laws that affect health care providers.
Criminal and Civil laws
Starting an Iv on a patient that is of sound mind, who refused to have an IV placed.
Battery
A surgery consent, is this type of consent:
Expressed Consent
Restraining an individual in the hospital against their will is considered ________________
False imprisonment