Week 1 - Medical Legal Issues

What are the types of Informed Consent

• Informed Consent

• Written Consents

• Risks and Benefits

What is informed consent?

Consent must be gained from the pt or legal guardian that informs a patient regarding the test that is being performed and how the results will be reported

What are the 4 key provision of HIPAA 1996?

• Privacy Rule

• Security Rule

• Patient Rights

• Enforcement and Penalities

What is the privacy rule?

Defines protected health information (PHI) and how individuals PHI can be used or disclosed, while ensuring the rights of the individuals to understand and control the information

What is the Security rule?

Established standards for protecting electronic PHI requiring that administrative, physical and technical safeguards are in place to prevent unauthorized access

What is Patient RIghts?

HIPAA grants individuals rights regarding their personal health information, including the right to access their medical records, request corrections, and receive an accounting of disclosures of the PHI

What is Enforcements and Penalties?

Violations can results in significant penalties, including civil and criminal fines. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) a branch of Health and HUman Services (HHS) is responsible for enforcing HIPAA compliance

What is Chain of Custody?

When laboratory results have medicolegal or forensic implications

• ex) court ordered drug test

What is Medical Ethics?

A set of moral principles