Chapter 2

Question 1

Ethics

Answer 1

The knowledge of right and wrong

Question 2

Law

Answer 2

A rule established to help people live peacefully together and ensure order and safety

Question 3

Confidentiality

Answer 3

The legal and ethical principle of keeping information private

Question 4

HIPAA

Answer 4

A federal law that requires health information be kept private and secure and that organizations take special steps to protect this information

Question 5

PHI

Answer 5

A person’s private health information, which includes name, address, phone number, SSN, email, and medical record number

Question 6

CMS

Answer 6

A federal agency within the US department of Health and Human Services that’s responsible for Medicare and Medicaid, among many other responsibilities

Question 7

CLIA waived test

Answer 7

A diagnostic test determined by CLIA to be simple, easy to perform, and involving little risk of error; phlebotomists can often perform these tests

Question 8

Point-of-care test

Answer 8

Diagnostic test performed near or in the presence of the patient; many are CLIA waived

Question 9

Criminal law

Answer 9

The branch of law dealing with offenses considered to harm somebody

Question 10

Civil law

Answer 10

The branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals

Question 11

Tort

Answer 11

A violation of civil law (ex: negligence)

Question 12

Negligence

Answer 12

An action, or the failure to act or provide the proper care, that results in unintended injury to a person

Question 13

Abuse

Answer 13

Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone

Question 14

Mandated reporter

Answer 14

A person who’s legally required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect due to regular contact with vulnerable populations

Question 15

Consent

Answer 15

In health care, acknowledgement of agreement to treatment or to a procedure

Question 16

Informed consent

Answer 16

In health care, acknowledgement of agreement to treatment or to a procedure that’s given after receiving information regarding risks and benefits; informed consent must usually be documented before treatment begins

Question 17

Express consent

Answer 17

Consent that’s actively, consciously acknowledged

Question 18

Assault

Answer 18

The use of words or actions to cause another person to feel fearful of being harmed

Question 19

Battery

Answer 19

The intentional touching of another person without permission

Question 20

Minor

Answer 20

A person less than 18 years old

Question 21

Cognitive

Answer 21

Related to the ability to think and process information

Question 22

Implied consent

Answer 22

The assumption that a person agrees to treatment or to a procedure; allows medical treatment to be provided in emergency situations, for example, even if the patient is not able to express consent

Question 23

AHA

Answer 23

A nonprofit membership organization concerned with providing info to the healthcare industry and the public regarding healthcare issues and trends

Question 24

Advance directive

Answer 24

A legal document that allows people to decide what kind of medical care they wish to have in the event they’re unable to make those decisions

Question 25

Living will

Answer 25

A type of advance directive that outlines specific medical care a person wants, or doesn’t want, in case he becomes unable to make those decisions

Question 26

DNR

Answer 26

A medical order that instructs medical professionals not to perform CPR in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest

Question 27

Durable power of attorney for healthcare

Answer 27

A signed, dated, and witnessed legal document that appoints someone else to make medical decisions for a person in the event he or she becomes unable to do so

Question 28

Medical social worker

Answer 28

Employee at a health care facility who deals with patients’ social, emotional, and financial needs