The HIPAA privacy rules centers on the protection of a particular subject of health information that is defined as “individually identifiable health information” and is known as
The HITECH rule expands the protection of health information to those individuals who a company trust with private health information and impose the same requirements on them. These entities are known as
Which of the following organizations is tasked with accrediting hospitals and ensuring that hospitals maintain satisfactory standards?
So-called Tarasoff-type liability would be found in cases where there was
The Canterbury v. Spence rule of informed consent can be stated
Discuss the physician-centered and patient-centered approach to informed consent. Which one do you think better serves the needs of physicians and alternately the patients?
What are the five limitations on the Duty to inform that your book mentions and what are they? What is the danger of the limitation regarding giving the physician the right not to disclose if there is a potential for psychological damage? What did the Canterbury Court says about this limitation?
What are the basic facts of Neade v. Portes on page 241 of your book and what are the central holdings? What are some implications of this holding for physicians and HMOs?
What is an IRB? What are the facts of the case Grimes v. Kennedy Kreiger Institute and what is the central holding? What did the Court say about the IRB’s oversight of the safety of this experiment?
What is the “custom based standard of care?” Why are the experts needed in this model?