Question

Question 16 (1 point)

The __________ committee is responsible for reviewing medical records for timeliness, accuracy, legibility, and completeness.

Question 16 options:

	medical records
	bylaws
	executive
	peer review

Question 17 (1 point)

A physician who decides to withdraw his services should __________.

Question 17 options:

	notify the patient that he or she is immediately withdrawing his or her services
	have the hospital’s patient care representative notify the patient of the his or her decision to discontinue treatment
	provide the patient with reasonable notice of his or her decision to discontinue the patient’s care
	notify the patient’s family that he or she no longer wishes to care for the patient

Question 18 (1 point)

When a doctor fails to inform his or her patient in a timely manner of a serious condition that turns deadly, fails to refer the patient to a specialist, and does no further tests, he or she can be found negligent by reason of __________.

Question 18 options:

	strict liability
	delaying treatment
	misdiagnosis
	vicarious liability

Question 19 (1 point)

When a patient is injured, as a result of a physician who's practicing in a clinical area, with which he or she is not familiar, the patient must show that __________.

Question 19 options:

	the physician had sloppy record-keeping practices regarding the patient's care
	the physician failed to meet the standard of care required of the specialty in which the physician was practicing at the time of the injury
	the physician was not board-certified in that area
	it was necessary to arrange for a consultation with another physician

Question 20 (1 point)

A patient who is prematurely terminated from treatment by his physician could file a legal action for __________.

Question 20 options:

	termination
	discontinuance
	abandonment
	unreasonable harm

Answer 1

ANSWER.

16) The Medical records committee is responsible for reviewing medical

       records for timeless,accuracy,legibility and completeness.

17) A physician who decides to withdraw his services should provide the patient

      reasonable notice of his or her decision to discontinue the patient care.

18) When a doctor fails to inform his or her patient in a timely manner of a serious

      condition that turns deadly,fails to refer the patient to a specialist and does no

      further tests,he or she can be found negligent by reason of Delaying treatment.

19) When a patient is injured,as a result of a physician who is practicing in a clinical

      area with which he or she is not familiar,the patient must show that the physician

      failed to meet the standard of care required of the speciality in which the physician

      was practicing at the time of the injury.

20) A patient who is prematurely terminated from treatment by his physician could file

      a legal action for Abandonment.