Who are the key persons in a lawsuit - Answers Plantiff and Defendant
Plantiff - Answers Person who initiates lawsuit
Defendant - Answers Person being sued by the plantiff
How to correct error in paper based record - Answers Draw a single line through the entry and
write "error" next to it, along with the date, time and initials of the person making the correction.
How to correct error in electronic record - Answers A new document showing the correction is
created and added to the electronic record, with a computer code attribute used to reference the
original document to the addendum. An electronic signature is required to authenticate the
addendum. A flag or notation may be another way to indicate a correction.
Subpoena Ad Testificandum - Answers Commanding the appearance of a witness to give
testimony.
Subpoena Duces Tecum - Answers Commanding the production of books, documents, and
other things.
Court Order - Answers Authorizes disclosure that would otherwise be prohibited by statute and
regulation (a subpoena cannot).
Quasi-legal requirements - Answers Additional requirements that healthcare organizations are
subject to
Statute of Limitations - Answers A law that sets forth a fixed time period in which a lawsuit
must be brought
Stare decisis - Answers To let the decision stand
Res Judicata - Answers A thing or matter settled by judgment
Res Ipsa Loquitur - Answers The thing speaks for itself
Respondeat Superior - Answers Let the master respond
Quid pro quo - Answers This for that, a type of sexual harrasment
Tort Law - Answers Encompasses the rights and duties that exist between parties that are
independent of a contract
Procedural Law - Answers The steps through which a criminal case passes, from the initial
investigation of a crime through trial and sentence and the eventual release of the criminal
offender
, Substantive Law - Answers Defines specific offenses, general principles of liability, and specific
punishment
Contract Law - Answers Agreement between 2 or more parties that create some type of
obligation to act or refrain from acting in exchange for some type of consideration
Statutes - Answers Laws written by state and federal legislatures
Ordinances - Answers Laws passed at a local level
ORC - Answers Ohio Revised Code, Legislation is enacted by the Ohio General Assembly,
published in the Laws of Ohio, and codified into ORC
OAC - Answers Ohio Administrative Code, State agencies promulgate rules and regulations
(sometimes called administrative law) in the Register of Ohio, which are in turn codified into
OAC
E-Discovery - Answers Information stored electronically
Deposition - Answers Testimony given under oath outside the courtroom pursuant to a
subpoena
Interrogatories - Answers Written questions presented to a party or witness designed to gather
information
Production of Documents and Things - Answers Inspection and/or copying of documents or
other physical evidence upon written request
Physical or Mental Examination - Answers Ordered by the court upon a party's request with
good cause shown
Requests For Admission - Answers Written question presented to a party designed to obtain
admission of a certain fact
General rule of ownership of health info - Answers While the healthcare provider owns the
medium in which patient health information is created and stored, the patient possesses the
right to access
Business associates & their services - Answers One who performs or assists in performing a
function or activity involving the use or disclosure of individually identifiable health information
on behalf of a health care provider
Minimum necessary standard - Answers This standard requires the health care provider to
make reasonable efforts to limit the patient-specific health information to the minimum
necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of the use, disclosure, or request
Accounting of Disclosures - Answers A list of all disclosures made of a patient's health