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Flashcards by Pip Fraggle, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Pip Fraggle
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Inducement | not providing anything of value to a client or potential client in an attempt to improperly induce their business |
| What is the importance of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act? | To Honor the privacy of all health and personal information including laboratory orders and results of our client, patients and employees |
| What is Assault? | An unjustifiable attempt to touch another person or the threat to do so. |
| What is Battery? | the intentional touching of another person without consent |
| What is Medical Malpractice? | The delivery of substandard care that results in harm to patient. |
| What is Duty? | expectation of care |
| What is Dereliction | breach duty of care |
| What is Injury? | Results of error in care |
| What is Direct Cause? | Something the defendant has done to directly affect the patient |
| What is Negligence? | Failure to perform an action consistent with the accepted Standard of Care |
| What are Statutory Laws? | Laws created by a legislative body |
| What are Case Laws? | Laws determined by court decisions |
| What are Administrative Laws? | Laws created by administrative agencies (i.e. the internal Revenue Service, or OSHA) |
| What is The Scope of Practice? | the set of procedures and responsibilities for which one's training has prepared them for and for which one has demonstrated competency. |
| What is the Accepted Standard of Care? | the consensus of medical opinion on patient care in a particular situation |
| what are damages? | monetary compensation |
| What is the best way to defend against charges of malpractice? | Keeping good records to show that the standard of care was not deviated from. |
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