Relationships between people, protection of person’s rights
Civil Law
Spoken comment that causes a person ridicule or contempt or damages the person's reputation.
Slander
Revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent.
Invasion of privacy
Give 3 examples of protected entities that are allowed to break HIPAA
Medical Providers, Insurance, Lawyers, Ect.
Which term describes the written rules that guide how people behave and what is right or wrong in healthcare?
Ethics
What does PHI stand for?
Personal Health Information (PHI)
patient making false accusations about a nurse who treated them correctly and then posting it to instagram is an example of:
Slander and Libel
Posting videos without person’s permission along with false verbal infromation is an example of:
Invasion of privacy and slander
_____ includes any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.
Abuse
A surgeon operates on the wrong body part. What legal issue does this represent?
Malpractice
A doctor touching a coworker in an inappropriate way is an example of
A doctor ignores a patient’s written wishes not to be resuscitated and performs CPR anyway. What did the doctor ignore?
Advanced Directives
A doctor threatens a patient with a painful procedure if they do not cooperate and then performs it without consent. This is:
Assault and battery
Who is allowed to discuss PHI?
providers directly involved with that patient’s care
Restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom.
False imprisonment
Law that focuses on wrongs against a person, property, or society
Criminal Law
Failure to give care that is normally expected, resulting in injury to another person.
Negligence
A wrongful act that does not involve a contract
Tort(s)
Give 3 examples of patient identifiers

What are 2 potential consequences for health professionals that don’t follow HIPAA??
Termination & Lawsuit
A patient is not allowed to see their own medical records, even though the law says they can. What is being violated?
Law
List ALL 8 types of Torts
Malpractice, Negligence, Invasion of Privacy, Slander, Assault, Battery, Libel, Abuse
HIPAA stands for what?
Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act
What year was HIPAA established
1996
What are the 4 types of abuse we discussed in class?
Physical abuse, Verbal Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Sexual Abuse