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    Patient and Dr. White

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    Name: ____Anne Bratkiewicz__________________________________ Matching 1. ICD-9 2. CPT 3. HCPCS 4. V Codes 5. E Codes 6. Main Term 7. AMA 8. CMS 9. NCD 10. LCD _8____ Codes that explain the reason for the visit when patient is not ill. __10___ Local Coverage Policy such as WPS‚ BCBS _5____ Codes used to describe circumstances around an injury‚ burn/fall. __2___ Translates written documentation of office visit‚ procedures‚ lab‚ and x-ray into numbers ___1__ Coding system

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    1. Can he refuse to assist in this procedure? The dental assistant cannot refuse to assist in this procedure. Besides it being unethical to refuse helping this patient solely because he has AIDS it is also illegal (Anderson‚ 2009). Dental assistants are bound by a code of professional conduct‚ adopted in August 2007 by the Dental Assistants National Board. Justice and fairness is one of the codes of conduct. This states the dental assistant has a duty to treat people fairly‚ behaving in a manner

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    position to always remain an advocate for their patient. A scenario has been created in which a terminally ill patient has asked the doctor about alternative healthcare treatment options. The doctor in this case dismisses them as "quack" practices. What role does the nurse play in this situation? “When the patient’s wishes are in conflict with others‚ the nurse seeks to help resolve the conflict. Where conflict persists‚ the nurse’s commitment remains to the identified patient” (Code of ethics for nurses

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    Concept Analysis: Patient Advocacy Yvette Thornton NURS 502 Grand Canyon University April 24‚ 2013 Concept Analysis: Patient AdvocacyIntroduction The concept of patient advocacy was the focus of the article entitled‚ “Developing a mid –range theory of patient advocacy through concept analysis” by Xiaoyan Bu and Mary Ann Jezewski published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing 2007. In an attempt to clarify the definition as well as the refine the concept of patient advocacy‚ the

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    医生:你是在哪个饭馆吃的? 病人:在我们学校南边的那家小饭馆。 医生:是吗?……哎,糟糕了! 病人:医生,您怎么了? 医生:我的肚子也疼起来了,昨天晚上我也是在那家饭馆吃的晚饭。 Questions: (True/False) ( F ) 1.The patient and the doctor meet in a restaurant.医生和病人在一家饭馆见面。 ( T ) 2. The patient has a stomachache. 病人的肚子疼。 ( T ) 3. Neither the doctor nor the patient had dinner at home yesterday.医生和病人昨天都没在家吃晚饭。 ( T ) 4. The doctor urges the patient to take medicine as soon as possible.医生让病人赶快吃药。 ( F ) 5. The doctor always dines at expensive restaurants.医生只在贵的饭馆吃饭。 Multiple

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    Patient Safety Issues

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    Title: Access and Patient Safety Issues Author: Dorcas Moore Capella University Access and Patient Safety Issues Patient Safety: Multiple failed organizational and departmental processes may lead to wrong patient‚ wrong procedure‚ wrong side or wrong site. Prevention of these errors requires a safety system to ensure accurate scheduling and procedure ordering. Proper patient identification will also eliminate these errors. Ensuring correct patient identification is a recognized healthcare

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    nursing staff to and from patients when giving first hand care. Good or bad communication can make there experience within the health care setting a positive or negative one and can leave a lasting impression. A good health care provider can use there communication skills to put a patient at ease with a few comforting words or gestures‚ a lack of positive communication in the health care setting could leave the patient feeling neglected‚ ignored and not valued as a patient. By successfully communication

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    Patient Self Determination

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    Patient Self-Determination Act Project Scott Betzelos‚ Remedios C. Lazaga‚ Emelin Tan‚ Maya C. Richardson HCS/578 - Ethical‚ Legal‚ and Regulatory Issues in Health Care November 28‚ 2011 Susan M. Kajfasz Patient Self-Determination Act Project – Advance Directives Congress enacted the Patient Self-Determination Act‚ a healthcare policy‚ as part of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act signed by President Bush in 1990. The act went into effect in 1991(Nathanson‚ 1997). According to Nathanson

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    Selecting Patient Escorts

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    Analysis Case: Selecting Patient Escorts Introduction City Hospital is one of five major hospitals in the core of a large Midwestern City. The hospital has just recently added a small addition for the treatment of “well known” patients‚ such as Athletes‚ Music Stars‚ and top business executives relative to the area. Local and visiting celebrities always choose City Hospital when they are in the city and in need of medical assistance. The Hospital has a 1‚200 patient bed capacity and currently

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    Patient Portal Essay

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    transforming our ability to collect accurate‚ reliable patient data through the use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) and patient portals. The EHR allows the provide to provide care efficiency while a patient portal empowers the patients to participate in care decisions. The ONC (2016) reported Health information technology (HIT) is a powerful tool that helps providers achieve better care‚ better communication and better outcomes. The use of patient portals has become a necessity for population health

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