AHIMA AHIMA Certifications RHIA Questions & Answers

• Question 331:

  What source or document is considered the "supreme law of the land"?

  A. Bill of Rights

  B. Supreme Court decisions

  C. presidential power

  D. Constitution of the United States

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 332:

  In a negligence or malpractice case, all of the following elements must be present in order to shift the burden of proof onto the defendant EXCEPT the

  A. event would not normally have occurred in the absence of negligence.

  B. health care facility does not have a risk management program.

  C. defendant had exclusive control over the instrumentality that caused the injury.

  D. plaintiff did not contribute to the injury.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 333:

  When a healthcare facility fails to investigate the qualifications of a physician hired to work as an independent contractor in the emergency room and is accused of negligence, the healthcare facility can be held liable under

  A. respondent superior.

  B. corporate negligence.

  C. contributory negligence.

  D. general negligence.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 334:

  Case Study #3

  A 73-year-old male was admitted to the Sunset Nurcing Facility with senility, cataracts, and S/P cerebrovascular accident with right-side hemiplegia. On his second day at the facility, the resident was discovered to have extensive thermal burns on his buttocks and legs by one of the facility's attendants.

  Referring to Case Study #3, the resident's family brought legal action against the nursing facility for

  A. medical abandonment.

  B. vicarious liability.

  C. assault and battery.

  D. negligence.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 335:

  Case Study #3

  A 73-year-old male was admitted to the Sunset Nurcing Facility with senility, cataracts, and S/P cerebrovascular accident with right-side hemiplegia. On his second day at the facility, the resident was discovered to have extensive thermal burns on his buttocks and legs by one of the facility's attendants.

  Referring to Case Study #3, which of the following can the attorney of the resident's family also use as a basis for the lawsuit and why?

  A. The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur because it allows the plaintiff to shift the burden of proof to the defendant because direct evidence is available.

  B. The doctrine of charitable immunity because the nursing facility is a private institution and is shielded from liability for any torts committed on its property.

  C. The Good Samaritan Statutes because they protect the Director of Nursing, an employee of the nursing facility, who was not present when the injury occurred.

  D. The failure to warn theory because the doctor did not inform the resident's family that the resident was in danger at the nursing facility.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 336:

  The extent to which the HIPAA privacy rule may regulate an individual's rights of access is not meant to preempt other existing federal laws and regulations. This means that if an individual's rights of access

  A. is less under another existing federal law, I IIPAA must follow the directions of that law.

  B. is refused by a federal facility, HIPAA must also refuse the individual of the access.

  C. is greater under another applicable federal law, the individual should be afforded the greater access.

  D. is greater under another existing federal law, l-iIPAA can obstruct freedoms of the other federal law when using electronic health records.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 337:

  Who determines the retention, period for health records?

  A. state and federal governments

  B. medical staff

  C. city and state governments

  D. commercial storage vendors

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 338:

  The failure to obtain the written consent of the patient before performing a surgical procedure may constitute

  A. battery.

  B. contempt.

  C. libel.

  D. malpractice.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 339:

  The fee paid for reimbursement for expenses incurred from providing health information whether for subpoena or reproduction by healthcare providers is determined by the

  A. American Health Information Management Association.

  B. hospitals and lawyers.

  C. statute or court rules.

  D. plaintiff and defendant lawyers.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 340:

  Which of the following claims of negligence fits into the category of res ipsa loquitur?

  A. incorrect administration of anesthesia

  B. failure to refer patient to a specialist

  C. leaving a foreign body inside a patient

  D. improper use of x-rays

  Correct Answer: C