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HEALTHSTREAM:EMTALA+HIPPA+PROFESSIONAL COMPLIANCE
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
SOLVED 100% CORRECT!!
HEALTHSTREAM:EMTALA+HIPPA+PROFESSIONAL COMPLIANCE
HEALTHSTREAM:EMTALA+HIPPA+PROFESSIONA
Evatee 10/1/24
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NAL COMPLIANCE EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS SOLVED 100% CORRECT!!
03) Emergency Department Personnel Responsibilities.
EMTALA specifically prohibits delaying a medical screening examination due to .
Answer - B. the patient's ability to pay, diagnosis, race, color, national origin or
disability
EMTALA permits contacting the patient's regular physician for information
relevant to treating the patient. However, this cannot delay a medical screening
examination (MSE) and stabilizing treatment.
What else is permitted, as long it does not delay an MSE or stabilizing
treatment? Answer - C. Conducting a reasonable registration process
Federal regulations do not require Emergency Departments to post signage in
hospital public entrances, and waiting, registration or treatment areas. Answer
- B. False
Which of these is documentation that must be maintained for at least five
years under EMTALA? Answer - D. All the above
Which of the following Emergency Department employees have responsibilities
under EMTALA? Answer - E. All of the above
, Medical screening examinations (MSEs) are required to be performed for every
patient presenting in a dedicated Emergency Department of a hospital. What is
an MSE? Answer - A. The process required to reach, with reasonable clinical
confidence, a determination as to whether or not a patient has an emergency
condition
The Emergency Department Supervisor of a local hospital approved the
destruction of the physician on-call log and central patient log containing all
the patients who have presented to the ED or Labor and Delivery Department
within the last three years.
This would be a considered a violation of the EMTALA requirement that states
this type of documentation must be maintained for at least how many years?
Answer - B. Five
04: Emergency Department Walkouts
You are a triage nurse in the Emergency Department (ED). A patient is refusing
initiation of an MSE and treatment. You have informed the patient of the risks
of leaving and the benefits of receiving an MSE and treatment. You have
encouraged the patient to stay. What should you do if the patient still refuses
the MSE and treatment? Answer - C. A and B
Which type of vulnerable patient should not leave the hospital Emergency
Department unless authorized by an appropriate party? Answer - D. All of the
above
A patient found trying to harm himself leaves the Emergency Department prior
to the completion of the medical screening exam. When this type of vulnerable
patient attempts to leave, Emergency Department staff should notify hospital
security immediately upon discovery. Answer - A. True
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