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Accountability
Process, norms, & structure holding population/public official legally responsible for their
actions & that impose sanction if they violate the law.
Compliance
Act of a company adhering to laws/policies pertinent to the sector within which they do
business.
Covered entity
- Institutions
- Organizations
- Persons
De-identify
The process to remove all direct patient identifiers from the PHI.
Liable
Legally responsible or obligated.
Limited data set
A limited set of identifiable patient information as defined in the Privacy Regulations
issued under HIPAA
Portability
Ability to be easily moved
, Privacy
1. The right not to have one's personal matters disclosed/publicized; the right to be left
alone.
2. The right not to be subjected to substantial gov. interference with fundamental
personal rights/decisions
Slander
Oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another,
which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed.
Chattels
A catch-all category of property associated with movable goods.
Damages
The remedy that a party requests the court award in order to try to make the injured
party whole
Malfeasance
An illegal act causing physical/monetary harm to someone else.
Misfeasance
The improper performance of a lawful act resulting in harm/injury of another person.
Mitigate
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Negligence
Failure to behave with the level of care that a reasonable person would have exercised
under the same circumstances.