A patient, Mary Jones, was seen last week and the doctor asked her to inform the office after a week on a new medication. What should the administrative medical assistant do when Mary reports that information?

A. Put the call immediately through to the physician
B. Take a message and give it to the doctor
C. Let Mary tell you about it and do nothing
D. Have the doctor paged


Answer: B

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