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Question 1 3 pts
Gives patients the right to accept/refuse medical or surgical treatment:
Patient Self-Determination Act (1990)
DRGs
Surgical Treatment Act (1990)
none of the above

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Question 2 3 pts
Treatment without consent is a:
Battery
Assault if the patient is unconscious
acceptable practice
none of the above

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Question 3 3 pts
When dealing with Incompetent Patients, the ability to consent is a:
question of fact.
question of law.
question that can't be answered.
none of the above.

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Question 4 3 pts
Conscious and competent adults may refuse treatment even when:
permitted by law.
the best medical opinion is against it.
it is deemed essential to life.
all of the above.

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Question 5 3 pts
Which of the following may be used as proof of consent?
Oral
Written
Special
All of the above

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Question 6 3 pts
Protects rights of patients to make decisions regarding their own health care:
Patient Self-Consent Act (1990)
Patient Self-Determination Act (1990)
Patient Self-Help Act (1990)
none of the above

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Question 7 3 pts
Enacted to safeguard privacy from misuse of federal records, gives patient access and establishes a Privacy Protection Safety Commission:
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552)
Safety Commision Act of 1974
Federal Privacy Safeguard Act
none of the above

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Question 8 3 pts
Methodology developed by professors at Yale for classifying patients according to age, diagnosis and treatment resource requirements:
DRG
SRV
Yale method
information management

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Question 9 3 pts
A process intended to facilitate the flow of patient and non-patient care data between departments and caregivers:
information management
DRGs
SVR
none of the above

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Question 10 3 pts
Improper information management leads to:
scattered databases
duplication
inconsistency and inefficiency
all of the above

Answer 1

1. Patient self - determination act (1990)
2. Battery
3. Question that can't be answered
4. All the above
5. Written consent is more valid
6. Patient self- determination act
7. Federal privacy safeguard act
8. Yale method
9. Information management
10. All the above