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1. Legally, a physician May refuse to accept a patient
if he or she chooses, to may
not refuse provide follow-up
care after treat- ment is
initiated, and does not have to
provide a medical.
2. In order to release medical the physician must sign a
information to an- other source release form
3. In order for a contact to enforceable, and otter, a consideration,
the con- tract must include and an acceptance
4. The medical record of a patient who is a until the patient reaches the
minor should be kept age of majority plus the
number of years for the statue
of limitations in that particular
state.
5. The medical record is owned by the doctor
6. Establishing and maintaining policies and risk management
pro- cedures that protect the medical
office and staff from lawsuits is called
7. Statue of limitations refers to the time period allowed for
begin- ning a lawsuit for
malpractice
8. It is important for patients to understand their the medical
terminology used in the
responsibility in relation to their medical
record. record The patient needs to
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understand all of the fol- lowing EXCEPT
9. Confidentiality of the patient record means that records should not
be left hanging
around the oflce.
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10. For office surgery, a consent form before the patient has been
must be signed admin- istrated any
medication.
11. Mabel, a terminal patient, is adamant
that should she become incompetent, living will
no "heroic" measures be taken. This
would be detailed in Mabel's
12. In most states, a physician is required to report death and specific
infections, com-
municable, or contagious diseases
13. Informed consent is established when acronym
the pa- tient
14. The administrative health assistant knows
that Hazel Dexter wanted her test
result as soon
as possible. The administrative assistant
called Hazel before the doctor had
seen the test re- sults. This practice is
considered
15. Administrative health assistants can
usually give negative test results over
the phone to
16. The legislation that was developed by
the De- partment of Health and Human
Services in 1988 to oversee the work of all
clinical laboratories is known by the
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