HIPAA
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
What does PHI stand for?
Protected Health Information.
What do advanced directives specify?
Medical treatment in case of unconsciousness.
What is a tort?
When a person is harmed because a healthcare provider does not meet the established standard of care.
What does portability mean?
The quality or state of being carried, moved, or transported.
What does HIPAA ensure?
Privacy&Security
What does PHI include?
Oral, written, or electronic health information.
Living Wills, MPOAs, and DNRs are a type of what?
Advanced Directive
What is Malpractice?
Failure to provide the degree of care expected to be performed on a patient.
What is creditable coverage?
Uninterrupted coverage when people change insurance carriers.
HIPAA improves access to ___?
Care
Unsecured PHI is known as what?
A HIPAA violation.
What is the difference between a partial and full DNR.
Partial-some interventions are restricted but not all
Full-do no interventions
List 4 of the 7 torts. Describe what one is.
Malpractice, Negligence, Assault/Battery, Invasion of Privacy, False Imprisonment, Abuse, Defamation.
What consent is used in emergencies?
Implied consent.
What does HIPAA reduce?
Fraud, abuse, and healthcare costs.
What makes PHI unsecured?
If it is not encrypted, rendered unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals.
What is the person called who makes decisions in a MPOA?
A proxy.
What is a consumer Responsibility?
Patients should take responsibility for their well-being, treat workers respectfully, pay bills, follow rules, and stay involved in decision making.
What are two types of harassment, describe each.
Verbal, Physical, visual, and sexual.
Give 5 examples of HIPAA.
Email Address, Address, Biometric identifiers, Photos, Names, Dates, Account numbers, etc.
Unsecured PHI compromises what?
Privacy, security, or integrity
When may you need a MPOA/Living Will?
When the patient has a chronic injury, people with terminal illness, patients with dementia, when you can no longer make decisions for yourself.
How many areas are involved in the patients bill of rights, list a least two.
8 key areas
What is standard of care?
The degrees of care that a reasonable practitioner should exercise under the circumstances.