A physician is employed by a group practice. The physician decides to leave the practice and open his own private practice. May he have the records of the patients he is currently seeing? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
The facility where the medical records were created owns the documents, but the patient owns the information they contain. A patient may sign a release, allowing the records to be transferred to the new practice.
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The EMT recognizes that the best source of information for a responsive medical patient with a specific chief complaint and no known medical history is obtained from the:
A) vital signs. B) patient. C) medical direction. D) family.
Evaluation refers to the assessment of information to reach a specific conclusion such as the process of obtaining a medical history and examination.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
You are the administrative medical assistant at a large cardiology practice and just received a nasty complaint via email from a patient. You know the patient is incorrect in her accusations. What would be your best course of action?
A. Send a response immediately to the patient telling her she is wrong. B. Key in a response in all caps and send to the patient. C. Get the patient on the phone and tell her never to send another email. D. Allow time to gather more data and reevaluate your first response.
Which of the following glomerular filtration rates indicates stage 4 chronic kidney disease?
A. 30-59 mL/min B. 60-89 mL/min C. 90-120 mL/min D. 15-29 mL/min