PHI | Medical Errors | Ethics and Boundries | Aging, Elderly and LTC | Mandatory Abuse Reporting |
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What is HIPPA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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What is the definition of medical errors
Result in harm to a patient
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What is not an ethical principle
Confidentiality
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What is a bridge between nursing homes and home care
Assisted living
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What is Good Faith
In most states, a person who reports suspected child abuse in, most states, is immune from criminal and civil liability
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What is protected health information
any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that can be connected to a person
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What is an omission
Failing to report known or suspected child abuse
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What is an ethical dilemma
An action that violates an ethical principal or standard
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What is the program that specifically provides temporary relief to an elderly person’s care provider
Respite care
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What is a mandated reporter
Professionals who are required to report observed or suspected instances of abuse and neglect of vulnerable individuals
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What is a covered entity
Someone or an organization that transmits information about patient care or financial aspects of patient care
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What is not a step in a root cause analysis
Who caused it to happen
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What is not a factor in competence
Experience
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What is the condition a patient must satisfy in order to be eligible for hospice care
A life expectancy of 6 months or less
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What is a risk factor for child maltreatment
Young age, disabilities, and provocative children
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What is 1996
When HIIPA was initially enacted
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What is voluntarism, information disclosure, and decisional capacity
The 3 essential elements of informed consent
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What is an extreme consequence of boundary violations
Loss of professional identity
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What is generally undiagnosed and often goes untreated in the elderly
Depression
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What is vulnerable populations
Children, the elderly, and disabled people
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What is the primary concern of the HIPAA Security Rule
Safeguards to protect health information
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What is first legal case that resulted in the duty to warn laws
The Tarasoff Case
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What is false
Ethical standards are useful because they are specific and offer guidance relevant to all ethical dilemmas
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What is the patient's right to make decisions regarding one's own medical care, with respect to end-of-life care
Autonomy
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What is false
Every state has a legal obligation to report elder abuse
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