HIMT 1200 MIDTERM EXAM 2026- COMPLETE
EXAM SET WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
The health record became admissible to court after: - correct-answer -meeting
foundation and trustworthiness requirements
What is an exclusion to physician-patient privilege rules? - correct-answer -known
criminal activity by the patient.
Who owns the healthcare record? - correct-answer -Owner of storage medium
The "I'm Sorry" statutes: - correct-answer -exclude apology and admission of fault
in some states
What is a court order? - correct-answer -authorization for disclosure that would
otherwise be prohibited by statue or regulation
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insurance companies may cause an ethical dilemma by requiring - correct-answer
-limitations of inpatient hospitalization stays
which is an ethical challenges related to coding - correct-answer -assigning
multiple codes to increase DRG payments
which would create an ethical concern - correct-answer -altering statistics to meet
accredidation requirements
which is established within an organization or profession to evaluate current
guidelines and establish new guideline - correct-answer -ethics committee
which requires health care providers to inform patients about the law and their
right to make advance decisions concerning health care - correct-answer -PSDA
The study of ethical issues resulting from technologic and scientific advances is
called - correct-answer -bioethics
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The effort to improve the human species through control of hereditary factors is
called - correct-answer -eugenics
Family planning refers to - correct-answer -controlling family size
With regards to minor consent - correct-answer -some states grant minors access
to birth control without parental consent
Therapeutic abortion is defined as - correct-answer -voluntary termination of a
pregnancy for medically necessary reasons
Roe vs. Wade decided that - correct-answer -restricting abortion impaired a
woman's personal liberty and right to privacy
An ethical concern related to HIV-infected persons involves - correct-answer -
Double effect principle