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Course Introduction
Healthcare Administration Ethics examines the moral, legal, and professional principles that guide decision-making and behavior in healthcare leadership. The course explores issues such as patient confidentiality, informed consent, resource allocation, professional integrity, and organizational responsibility. Students analyze real-world case studies to understand ethical dilemmas faced by healthcare administrators and develop strategies for fostering ethical cultures within healthcare organizations. Emphasis is placed on frameworks for ethical analysis, regulatory compliance, and the balance between patient care quality and organizational sustainability.
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Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Information Management 4th Edition by Dana C. McWay
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Chapter 1: Workings of the American Legal System
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Q1) The first 10 amendments to the U.S.Constitution are called _____.
A) Judicial Declarations
B) The Bill of Rights
C) Executive Orders
D) Titles of Nobility
Answer: B
Q2) Quasi-legal requirements may involve which of the following?
A) morals
B) federal regulations
C) licensure
D) statutes
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is associated with the Bill of Rights?
A) protects the rights to freedom of speech and religion.
B) provides the right to vote for those age 18 and above.
C) allows unlimited rights to sue states in federal court.
D) includes equality of rights under the law regardless of gender.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Court Systems and Legal Procedures
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Q1) Methods of dispute resolution to resolve conflicts and disagreements are called alternative dispute resolution.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which is a letter sent by an adversary in a court case that explains the need to preserve electronic evidence?
A) legal hold
B) notice of preservation
C) subpoena duces tecum
D) temporary court order
Answer: B
Q3) What term refers to the actions of a party who processes data to make efforts to prevent routine destructions and preserve electronically stored data?
A) court order
B) litigation hold
C) restraining order
D) subpoena duces tecum
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Judicial Process of Health Information
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Q1) Legal counsel,senior management/ health care providers/ governing board,HIM professional and IT professional are considered the litigation response team.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which question is asked to establish the trustworthiness requirement as related to the admissibility of the health record into evidence?
A) Did the person recording events (e.g. ,patient care)have knowledge of the events?
B) Were the health records available at or near time the event was recorded?
C) Were the health records kept during the ordinary course of business?
D) Which external procedures were followed concerning access to health records?
Answer: D
Q3) Which allows a healthcare record to be admitted into evidence?
A) business record exception
B) deposition exception
C) evidentiary exception
D) expert witness exception
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Principles of Liability
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Q1) Nominal damages are awarded to _____.
A) justify bringing a lawsuit
B) make the plaintiff whole
C) punish the defendant
D) vindicate the injured party
Q2) An intentional tort may include a(n)_____.
A) assault
B) failure to warn
C) negligence
D) vicarious liability
Q3) Which theory applies to a patient who refuses antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection and who later acquires pneumonia?
A) absolute negligence
B) contributory negligence
C) professional negligence
D) third-party negligence
Q4) Describe the difference between libel and slander.
Q5) List the 3 types of damages mentioned in the textbook.
Q6) List the 4 elements that must be proven in a negligence claim.
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Chapter 5: Ethical Standards
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of applying the best interest standard to impaired persons?
A) Advanced directive signed by the patient.
B) Family members who provide guidance.
C) Implied consent communicated by the patient.
D) Informed consent that is signed by the patient.
Q2) Which are among the six criteria required to assign distributive justice?
A) Ability to pay,merit,equity,social standing
B) Age,effort,merit,need
C) Need,equity,contribution,effort
D) Professional status,merit,contribution,need
Q3) Which ethical concept applies to a legal situation when someone else must decide for an individual because that individual cannot make the decision due to competence?
A) best-interest standard
B) cost-benefit analysis
C) double-effect principle
D) nonmaleficence-beneficence
Q4) What are two times that an individual looks to ethics to help?
Q5) Describe the difference between comparative and distributive justice.
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Chapter 6: Ethical Decisions and Challenges
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Q1) An employee that reports to work drunk multiple times is a good example of an impaired colleague.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Under paternalism providers act as the patient's father,meaning they pay for the visit.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which is an ethical challenges related to coding?
A) Assigning multiple codes to increase DRG payments.
B) Bundling codes and charges where appropriate.
C) Coding at lower levels in accordance with guidelines.
D) Focusing on accuracy to improve reimbursement.
Q4) Which is an ethical healthcare model wherein the healthcare professional acted in the role a "father to his children?"
A) Fraternalism
B) Paternalism
C) Res ipsa loquitur
D) Respondeat superior
Q5) List the 9 steps in ethical decision making
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Chapter 7: Bioethical Issues
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Q1) Describe the difference between living will and durable power of attorney.
Q2) The use of animal tissue for organ transplants is called a(n)_____.
A) Allograft
B) Autograft
C) Heterograft
D) Xylograft
Q3) With regards to minor consent _____.
A) All states require parental consent to dispense birth control
B) Consent for contraception does not include treatment for pregnancy or STDs
C) Minors are incapable of providing informed consent for treatment
D) Some states grant minors access to birth control without parental consent
Q4) The study of ethical issues resulting from technologic and scientific advances is called _____.
A) Bioethics
B) Eugenics
C) Medical technology
D) The scientific method
Q5) Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the viability of the fetus.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Patient Record Requirements
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Q1) Describe the best way to make a correction to a paper based record.
Q2) J.C.and AOA are accrediting bodies.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which is an example of acceptable authentication of a medical record entry?
A) Nurse who authenticates notes documented by another nurse who went off shift.
B) Nurse practitioner who authenticates notes documented by the physician.
C) Physician who authenticates reports dictated by colleagues within his practice.
D) Specialist who authenticates his own dictated report electronically using a password.
Q4) A nurse writes a verbal order from a physician on the physician order sheet in the health record;the nurse is the _____ of the entry.
A) Authenticator
B) Author
C) Editor
D) Transcriber
Q5) A health record is used for clinical and nonclinical reasons.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Confidentiality and Informed Consent
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Q1) Which concept provides the original basis for maintaining confidentiality between patient and healthcare provider?
A) Bill of Rights
B) HIPAA
C) Hippocratic oath
D) Informed consent
Q2) The confidentiality of HIV information _____.
A) Does not require disclosure to the patient that re-release of such information was performed if in the best interest of the general public
B) Is protected in the same manner as any other type of protected health information,including inpatient stays and outpatient encounters
C) Means a positive test result can be disclosed without prior consent to protect the public if actions are taken to protect the patient's identity
D) Restricts identification of the patient tested and the reason for testing,but not results of the test,whether positive or negative
Q3) Describe the difference between a living will and durable power of attorney.
Q4) Describe the physician- patient privilege and when is it used.
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Chapter 10: Access to Health Information
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Q1) The Declaration of Helsinki applies to _____.
A) Freedom of patient access to medical records relative to research
B) Guidelines followed when conducting research involving human subjects
C) Protection of human and non-human subjects involved in medical research
D) Legal consequences of ethical violations occurring during research
Q2) A parent will not be granted access to the health care record of his or her child who has not yet reached the age of majority when the minor child _____.
A) Can lawfully obtain health care without parental consent
B) Is pursuing her GED online and living with her parents
C) Seeks treatment for an injury sustained in an auto accident
D) Violates terms of her court-assigned probation and runs away
Q3) The Belmont Report established guidelines for research projects,which promotes
A) Choosing subjects equitably to avoid exploitation of vulnerable populations
B) Fiduciary laws and statutes for conducting research on human subjects
C) Research that doesn't benefit subjects if it benefits society as a whole
D) Selecting subjects from just one ethnic group due to difficult processes
Q4) Identity theft is guaranteed at all large health care facilities.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Specialized Patient Records
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Q1) An invalid release of information contains _____.
A) Conditions of revocation
B) Dates of expiration
C) Information known to be false
D) Requests for minor patient records
Q2) Medicare conditions of participation require that home health ____.
A) Patients be informed of rights prior to billing
B) Records be destroyed upon patient discharge
C) Staff maintain certain professional qualifications
D) Treatment be provided free of charge to patients
Q3) How does the law speak to mandatory testing?
A) It may be enforced through a court order.
B) Is not enforceable regarding HIV.
C) Statutory authority only applies to individuals.
D) It would violate the constitutional rights of a sexual offender if enforced.
Q4) Mental health records can be released just like a general medical record.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List the three components of a valid authorization.
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Chapter 12: Risk Management, Quality Management, and Utilization Management
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Q1) Describe a sentinel event and give one example.
Q2) What is the most important way to reduce an organization's risk due to loss or litigation?
A) audit trails
B) maintenance of electronic records
C) proper documentation
D) quality reviews
Q3) Which is an example of a concern that may be addressed as the result of an enterprise risk management assessment?
A) Costs of private schooling at the healthcare facility.
B) Nursing staffing that is adequate for patient needs.
C) Percentage of uninsured patients seeking treatment.
D) Risk management plan that is effective and working.
Q4) Which involved a combination of planned functions directed toward prudent allocation of medical resources and the administration of appropriate treatment?
A) managed care
B) physician credentialing
C) root-cause analysis
D) utilization management
Chapter 13: Information Systems
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Q1) In meeting the accuracy requirement,the health information manager must _____.
A) Be familiar with the hardware and software used in the system
B) Determine which providers made entries in the patient record
C) Know whether the entries made were telephone orders or not
D) State which data entry procedures made in the record are routine
Q2) Restricting copy functions is a risk prevention technique for an EHR.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What constitutes a legal heath record?
A) Business record generated at or for a healthcare organization.
B) Dictation of a healthcare facility's physicians and other providers.
C) Results of quality management audits that impact patient care.
D) Statistical reports that contain data used for accreditation purposes.
Q4) An advantage of switching to electronic health records is _____.
A) Decreased accessibility of information
B) Establishment of data mining procedures
C) Illegibility of information in the patient record
D) Reduced capacity for information storage
Q5) List three benefits of telemedicine.
Q6) List three advantages of a Digital Imaging System
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Chapter 14: Health-Care Fraud and Abuse
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Q1) A chief compliance officer's duties might include which of the following?
A) education and training
B) complaints evaluation and resolution
C) audits and monitoring of compliance
D) all of the above
Q2) A financial settlement that is a written agreement specifying the rules of conduct to be followed are corporate integrity agreements.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Part of a compliance program is establishing a process for receiving complaints.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which are examples of DHHS OIG programs implemented to educate entities about proper claims submission?
A) CCI
B) FCA
C) PHI
D) RICO
Q5) List three main laws that address fraud and abuse.
Q6) Describe one fraud enforcement program listed in your textbook.
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Chapter 15: Law and Ethics in the Workplace
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Q1) The National Labor Relations Act _____.
A) Discourages the employee formation of labor unions within employment organizations
B) Establishes fair collective bargaining procedures and identifies unfair labor practices
C) Guarantees that employers do not have to permit the formation of unions by employees
D) Prevents employees from engaging in strikes,even if they are entirely unionized
Q2) List two ethics elements in a performance appraisal.
Q3) Discrimination in child birth leave is a form of sex discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Living wage laws require employers to pay employees more than the federal minimum wage.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Sexual harassment is welcomed sexual advance.
A)True
B)False
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