MH0058 – Legal Aspects in Healthcare Administration

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ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE WINETR	FALL 2014
PROGRAM	MBA (Sem 4), MBADS (Sem 4 / Sem 6), PGDHSMN (Sem 2)
SUBJECT CODE & NAME	MH0058 – Legal Aspects in Healthcare Administration
SEMESTER	4
BK ID	B1322
CREDITS	4
MARKS	60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q1. Define informed consent. Explain Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Answer : Informed consent is a process for getting permission before conducting a healthcare intervention on a person. A health care provider may ask a patient to consent to receive therapy before providing it, or a clinical researcher may ask a research participant before enrolling that person into a clinical trial. Informed consent is collected according to guidelines from the fields of medical ethics and research ethics.

An informed consent can be said to have

Q2. Define liability. Explain the concept of accountability and vicarious liability.

Answer : accountability

 Comprising physicians from around the state and numerous specialties, and including legal experts and patient safety advocates from the consumer and hospital arenas, the Workgroup has crafted a long-term strategy to achieve these ends:

Goal:

To pursue as a high priority and as an important component of health care reform, the re-design of patient safety systems through approaches that unify all stakeholders in health care delivery and make Colorado the safest state in the nation in

Q.3: Discuss the rights and responsibilities of the patient.

Answer : Patient Rights

1)      A patient has the right to respectful care given by competent personnel.

2)      A patient has the right, upon request, to be given the name of his attending physician, the names of all other physicians directly participating in his care, and the names and functions of other health care persons having direct contact with the patient.

3)      A patient has the right to every consideration of

Q.4: Define abortion. Explain medical termination of pregnancy act in detail.

Answer : Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability.[ A abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy.

Abortion, when induced in the developed world in accordance with local law, is among the safest procedures in medicine.

 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP)

Q.5: Explain the regulatory requirements in setting up and running a blood bank.

Answer : National blood  policy :

The policy aims to ensure easily accessible and adequate supply of safe and quality blood and blood components collected /procured from a voluntary non-remunerated regular blood donor in well equipped premises, which is free from transfusion transmitted infections, and is stored and transported under optimum conditions. Transfusion under supervision of trained personnel for all who need it irrespective of their economic or social status through

comprehensive, efficient and a total quality management approach will be ensured under the policy.

Legal framework for running a blood bank :

Q.6: Discuss the important documents and ethical codes in medical ethics.

Answer : Important documents in medical ethics :

There are various medical records which are important according to the codes of medical ethics. These need to be well organized and up to date. The most common types of medical records that needs to be maintained are :

• Patient History and Physical examination report
• Consultation report
• Operative report
• Radiology report
• Pathology report

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