McCall Ethics Case Study Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility HCS 335 June 01‚ 2013 McCall Ethics Case Study Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and an LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium and that the provider‚ a friend‚ calls in the medication prior to any flights. This type of request happens
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Ethics Case Study HCS 335 Holly Martinez de Andino‚ MS‚ RN‚ CLNC August 21‚ 2012 Wendy Herrold Ethics Case Study Week 2 Introduction “Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is
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Jerry McCall- Ethical Case Study Sandra D. Zieger HCS/335 December 22‚ 2014 Beryl Keegan Instructor Jerry McCall- Ethical Case Study This is the case of Jerry McCall who works in a doctor’s office as an office assistant. He has professional training for medical assistant and a LPN. While handling the phones during lunch‚ he receives a call from a patient that is requesting a refill for his Valium called to his local pharmacy right away as he is flying out in thirty minutes. The patient states
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University of Phoenix FIN/571 Kent Kelly 1/11/15 Susanne Elliot 1. There are many reasons why a company may or may not become successful but one area of success for a company has always been the company’s foundation or structure
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University of Phoenix Material Writing Resources Part I Complete the following table with at least three writing resources found in the Center for Writing Excellence. Note what the resource is in the first column‚ where it is found in the second‚ and how you will use it in the third column. Writing resource Location How will you use it? Plagiarism Checker Library Tab-Center for Writing Excellence- Plagiarism Checker This tool is used for us students to submit a paper you have
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Bartling v. Superior Johnny Valentine Rasmussen College Author Note This assignment is being submitted on August 19‚ 2012‚ for Carol Taylor’s M230 Medical Law and Ethics course. In 1990‚ Dr. Jack Kevorkian became infamous for assisting individuals who were terminally ill with physician-assisted suicide. Many people frown upon this and even protest saying it’s inhumane. If a family member were on life support and only living because of the tubes connected to their body‚ what would you do
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Electronic Medical Records Many health care facilities have a hard time keeping up with claims and payments in medical records. Some facilities hire people just to handle these tasks. If not properly monitored‚ it can cause problems in patients’ accounts. Health care facilities use electronic medical records to improve profitability while reducing the time it takes to submit and receive payment for claims. Many of the facilities purchase software with billing and claims. Some of the advantages
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physician’s services if they wish. 3. Patient responsibilities Patients are also part of the medical team involved in their treatment. Patients have the responsibility under an implied contract to: Follow any instructions given by the physician and cooperate as much as possible. Give all relevant information to the physician in order to reach a correct diagnosis. If a patient fails to inform a physician of any medical conditions he or she may have and an incorrect diagnosis is made‚ the physician is not
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Describe the brain regions that control sensorimotor function. What are the specific functions of each region? The sensorimotor function follows a certain order. It goes from the sensorimotor function to the association cortex‚ secondary motor cortex‚ primary motor cortex‚ brain steam motor nuclei‚ and spinal motor circuits. We have two major areas of the sensorimotor association cortex. One is the posterior parietal association cortex and the other the dorsolateral prefrontal association cortex
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owed? Nonpatients (pg.94) 4. If a custodian sues an employing physician for ordering her to lift a heavy bookcase that injures her back‚ is the issue of liability standard of care or duty of care? Duty of Care 5. What is the basis for most medical malpractice claims? High damage awards in tort cases have led to a malpractice insurance crisis for physicians. 6. A patient falls on a hospitals slippery tile floor and injures herself. Assuming that patient safety procedures were lax‚ what
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