HCB 101 HOSPITAL CORPSMAN BASIC COURSE
STUDENT GUIDE UNIT 2.2
accountability - Answers - being held responsible for actions taken
consent - Answers - a patients expressed or implied agreement to submit to an
examination or treatment. must be voluntary and informed
competent/decision making capacity - Answers - a persons ability to make and
communicate a decision to consent to a medical treatment
ethics - Answers - the branch of philosophy concerned with the distinction between right
and wrong based on a body of knoledge not just based on opinions
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Answers - governs the disclosure of records
maintained by government agencies
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - Answers - a federal law
that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health
information from being disclosed without the patients consent or knowledge
medicolegal - Answers - of or relating to both medicine and law
morals - Answers - behaviors in accordance with customs or traditions usually reflecting
personal or religous beliefs
Protected Health Information (PHI) - Answers - any information in the medical record or
designated record set that can be used to identify an individual and that was created
used or disclosed when providing a health care service
Privacy Act of 1974 - Answers - established a code of fair information practices that
governs the collection maintenance use and dessemination of information about
individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies
STUDENT GUIDE UNIT 2.2
accountability - Answers - being held responsible for actions taken
consent - Answers - a patients expressed or implied agreement to submit to an
examination or treatment. must be voluntary and informed
competent/decision making capacity - Answers - a persons ability to make and
communicate a decision to consent to a medical treatment
ethics - Answers - the branch of philosophy concerned with the distinction between right
and wrong based on a body of knoledge not just based on opinions
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Answers - governs the disclosure of records
maintained by government agencies
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - Answers - a federal law
that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health
information from being disclosed without the patients consent or knowledge
medicolegal - Answers - of or relating to both medicine and law
morals - Answers - behaviors in accordance with customs or traditions usually reflecting
personal or religous beliefs
Protected Health Information (PHI) - Answers - any information in the medical record or
designated record set that can be used to identify an individual and that was created
used or disclosed when providing a health care service
Privacy Act of 1974 - Answers - established a code of fair information practices that
governs the collection maintenance use and dessemination of information about
individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies
