An accident victim is being treated in the emergency department. A friend who was present at the time of the accident is in the patient's cubicle when the patient's ECG monitor sounds an alarm and shows a flat-line pattern. The patient's friend becomes frantic. What should you do?
A. Ask the patient's friend to begin CPR while you get the emergency cart.
B. Tell the patient's friend to get out of the way so the medical team can work.
C. Calmly escort the patient's friend out of the immediate area.
D. Tell the patient's friend to go to the desk and ask that the physician be notified.
Answer: C
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Which of the following statements is true regarding patient telephone use in the medical office?
A) Offices no longer provide telephones for patient use. B) Cell phone use is eroding the practice of medical offices providing telephones for patient use. C) Offices that provide phones for patient use usually allow patients to make long-distance calls. D) Offices will typically allow patients to use the same phone as that used for receiving incoming calls.
When your patient refuses care and transportation, even though you have communicated to the patient that you feel it is necessary, the patient is refusing:
A) against medical control (AMC). B) with poor judgment (WPJ). C) with informed consent (WIC). D) against medical advice (AMA).
A HIPAA-related regulation that specifies how protected health information is secured on computer networks is known as:
a. HHS b. DHHS c. the NPI Final Rule d. the Security Rule
Which of the following is not part of face-to-face time?
What will be an ideal response?