Explain why it's important for health care workers to comply with federal, state, and local health laws and regulations as they relate to health care settings

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Violating a law, regulation, or policy can get you and your employer in serious trouble. You could end up fired, prosecuted, fined, or incarcerated. Your employer could face stiff fines and exclusion from vital government programs such as Medicare or Medicaid. Complying with laws, regulations, and policies because you have to is important, but there's more to it than that. Professionals comply because it is the right thing to do.

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A) Pehr H. Ling B) Ida Rolf C) Elizabeth Dicke D) Johann Mezger

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Polio, syringomyelia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are all examples of which kind of spinal cord lesion?

a. Extrinsic b. Intrinsic c. Traumatic d. Degenerative

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What is a permit?

A. A compilation of regulations enacted by a legislative body B. A set of protocols developed by committees through consensus C. A document that grants a property owner or other party permission to perform a specific activity D. A requirement based on performance outcome objectives and coupled with specific construction techniques

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Which of the following organizations encourages health care providers to report medication errors for its database?

FDA DEA HIPAA TJC

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