Legal and Ethical Issues Key Term Part I

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  1. 1. health information (PHI:) a person’s private health information, which includes name,
  2. 5. relationship has been established.
  3. 7. in health care, a patient’s record of following the healthcare treatment plan and
  4. 10. healthcare organizations; includes information such as medical history, diagnoses, treatment
  5. 12. telephone number, social security number, email address, and medical record number.
  6. 16. the legal and ethical principle of keeping private information private.
  7. 19. a rule established to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety.
  8. 20. be kept private and secure and that organizations take special steps to protect this
  9. 21. patients with information about advance directives.
  10. 23. purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone.
  11. 24. medications, immunization records, vital signs measurements, and imaging, test, and laboratory
  12. 25. in an emergency situation.
  13. 26. Self-Determination Act (PSDA): a federal law requiring that medical practices and facilities
  14. 27. of care: the professional standard that must be met to deliver safe and effective patient care.
  15. 28. Samaritan Law: a law passed to protect individuals from liability when they provide medical aid,
  16. 31. his healthcare providers; may be known by different names in different states (e.g., Medical Orders
  17. 32. Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST): a medical order that specifies the treatments
  18. 33. person wishes to receive when he is very ill; decisions are based on conversations between the patient
  19. 34. tube to be inserted to prolong life.
  20. 35. Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): a federal law that requires health
  21. 38. law: branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals.
  22. 40. actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care, resulting in unintended injury to a
  23. 42. directive: a legal document that allows people to decide what kind of medical care they wish to
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  1. 2. and healthcare coverage based on genetic information.
  2. 3. Life- Sustaining Treatment [MOLST]).
  3. 4. not intubate (DNI): a type of advance directive indicating that the patient does not wish
  4. 6. patient to make medical decisions if the person becomes ill or disabled.
  5. 8. Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA): a federal law banning discrimination in
  6. 9. law: branch of law dealing with offenses considered to harm all of society.
  7. 11. health records (EHR): an electronic version of a patient’s medical record that can be shared
  8. 12. known as directive to physicians and health care directive.
  9. 13. they have regular contact with vulnerable populations.
  10. 14. resuscitation (CPR) to be performed in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
  11. 15. will: a document that outlines specific medical care a person wants or does not want to receive;
  12. 17. the knowledge of right and wrong.
  13. 18. not resuscitate (DNR): a type of advance directive indicating that the patient does not wish a
  14. 22. is bad practice.
  15. 23. in health care, failure of a practitioner to provide needed care to a patient with whom a
  16. 29. power of attorney for health care: a type of advance directive designated a person other than
  17. 30. in medicine, failure on the part of a provider to meet a professional standard of care; literal
  18. 36. legally responsible.
  19. 37. in the event they are unable to make those decisions themselves.
  20. 39. appointments.
  21. 41. reporter: person who is legally required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect