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