with verified answers
When a practitioner (RCP) performs a procedure that involves physical contact without a patient's
consent, it can result in what kind of charge? - correct answer ✔✔Battery
What ethical issue has recently become a significant concern for respiratory therapists and all health
care providers due to a congressional act? - correct answer ✔✔Patient's right to privacy
Carol Hayes is admitted to the ICU for COVID Pneumonia and is on a ventilator. Who is not entitled to
view her health record? - correct answer ✔✔Anyone who is not providing medical care to Carol in the
hospital setting.
A physician specifies an incorrect dose in a prescription for a powerful bronchodilator drug to be given to
an asthmatic child patient in the hospital. When the RCP gives the prescribed dose, the patient suffers a
fatal response and dies. Against whom could a suit of negligence be brought? - correct answer ✔✔The
physician and RT
The acronym HIPAA stands for: - correct answer ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The basic goal of the Privacy Rule is to protect all "identifiable health information." This information is
commonly referred to as _________? - correct answer ✔✔PHI Protected Health Information
HIPPA was instituted to? - correct answer ✔✔Protect individuals' health information and to provide
quality healthcare and protect the public's health and well- being;
Improve the delivery of healthcare information and to protect the health care consumer healthcare
information.
Ensure people don't go without health insurance in between jobs.