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Laws that limit the period during which legal action may be brought against another party are case law. summons. statutes of limitations. common law. “Law Law Law” for $100

statutes of limitation

When the physician failed to give the patient the lips of the famous actress she requested, the physician engaged in which of the following? slander a breach of contract libel invasion of privacy “Law Law Law” for $200

a breach of contract

Rules and principles determined by legislative bodies constitute which type of law? statutory law administrative law common law case law “Law Law Law” for $300

statutory law

The failure to obtain the written consent of the patient before performing a surgical procedure may constitute battery. contempt. libel. malpractice. “Law Law Law” for $400

battery

The body of law founded on custom, natural justice and reason, and sanctioned by usage and judicial decision is known as common law. lien law. constitutional law. statutory law. “Law Law Law” for $500

common law

A valid authorization for the disclosure of health information should NOT be dated prior to discharge of the patient. in writing. addressed to the health care provider. signed by the patient. Law “Too” for $100

dated prior to discharge of the patient

Internal disclosures of patient information for patient care purposes should be granted to legal counsel. on a need to know basis. to any physician on staff. to a family member who is an employee. Law “Too” for $200

on a need to know basis

Who is legally responsible for obtaining the patient’s informed consent for surgery? the admissions clerk the surgeon performing the surgery the nurse medical record personnel Law “Too” for $300

the surgeon performing the surgery

Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital is considered one of the benchmark cases in health care because it was with this case that the doctrine of _________ was eliminated for nonprofit hospitals. charitable immunity corporate negligence professional negligence contributory negligence Law “Too” for $400

charitable immunity

The Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act addresses medical records maintained on health care workers. insurance documents. medical and lab reports in health care facilities. admissibility of record reproductions. Law “Too” Daily Double

admissibility of record reproductions

Organizations collect statistics to increase their knowledge of a specified population. The knowledge doesn’t come automatically – it is developed in the following sequence: data → facts → information → knowledge data → information → facts → knowledge facts → data → information → knowledge facts → information → data → knowledge Health Stats for $100

data → information → facts → knowledge

William Rumple was pronounced dead on arrival (DOA). The hospital pathologist performed an autopsy on Mr. Rumple’s body. This statistical event would be counted in the… Net Death Rate Gross Death Rate Net Autopsy Rate Hospital Autopsy Rate Health Stats for $200

Hospital Autopsy Rate

Mr. McDonaldson was admitted to your hospital at 10:45 PM on January 1. He died at 4:22 AM on January 3. How many inpatient service days did Mr. McDonaldson receive? Health Stats for $300

2 (The day of admission is counted as an inpatient service day, but the day of discharge is NOT.)

The statistics reported for a 300-bed hospital for 1 year were 20,932 discharges with 136,651 discharge days and 3,699 consultations performed. What was the consultation rate for the year? 16.5 % 17.0 % 17.7 % 18.0 % Health Stats for $400

17.7 % (3,699 consultations x 100)  20,932 discharges

During the month of September, Superior Health Care Center had 1,382 inpatient discharges, including 48 deaths. There were 38 deaths over 48 hours. Statistics also show 4 fetal deaths, 3 DOAs, and 4 inpatient coroner’s cases. Which of the following calculations is correct to figure the net death rate? (48 x 100) ÷ (1382 – 10) (48 – 10 x 100) ÷ (1382 – 10) (1382 x 100) ÷ (48 – 10) (1382 – 10) x 100 ÷ (48 – 10) Health Stats for $500

(48 – 10 x 100) ÷ (1382 – 10) 48 – 38 deaths over 48 hours = 10 deaths less than 48 hours

If you want to construct a data display for a frequency distribution, you will use a… Frequency Polygon or Histogram Frequency polygon or bar chart Line graph or histogram Line graph or bar chart Mixer for $100

Frequency Polygon or Histogram

Mixer for $200 The inpatient census at midnight is 67. Two patients were admitted in the morning; 1 died two hours later, the second patient was transferred to another facility that same afternoon. The inpatient service days for that day will be:

Mixer for $300 A small portion of the form you are using for a research study is reproduced below. This is an example of: ordinal data ranked data nominal data discrete data Male1 Female2

nominal data

Mixer for $400 A patient admitted to the hospital on January 24 and discharged on February 9 has a length of stay (LOS) of: 16 days 15 days 17 days 14 days

16 days LOS = number of calendar days from admission to discharge

Mixer for $500 A researcher has repeated the same study 10 times. Each time the study is repeated, the p-value decreases. As the p-value approaches zero, the: size of the sample increases value of the sample increases chance that the results are due to a sampling error decreases chance that the results are due to a sampling error increases

chance that the results are due to a sampling error decreases

Research for $100 Your facility conducted a study of patient satisfaction, but you question the reliability of the questionnaire you used. The high degree of patient satisfaction expressed on the questionnaire just doesn’t match the large number of complaints you have been receiving. You decide to try switching to an investigative strategy that will give you an immediate opportunity to review patient responses and correct errors. You have decided to use: samplesobservations interviewsquestionnaires

interviews

Research for $200 The time period of a facility’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) registration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is: 6 months 1 year 2 years 3 years

Research for $300 The primary difference between an experimental (randomized) clinical trial and other observational study designs in epidemiology is that in an experimental trial, the study is prospective investigator determines who is and who is not exposed study is case controlled study and control maps are selected on the basis of exposure to the suspected causal factor

investigator determines who is and who is not exposed

Research for $400 You are conducting a patient satisfaction survey in your outpatient clinic using interviewers who administer a questionnaire. Because you typically see about 300 people per day in the clinic, you decide to have the interviewers administer the questionnaire on every tenth patient. You are using systematic sampling stratified sampling variable sampling convenience sampling

systematic sampling

Research Daily Double If the population size (N) = 1200 and the proportion of subjects needed (p) = 0.5 and the acceptable amount of error (B) = 0.005, then sample size ( n ) =

300 n = (1200) (0.5) (1 – 0.5) (1200 – 1) (0.5 2 ) + (0.5) (1 – 0.5) 4 n =300 (1199) ( ) n =300 = 300 =