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Case studies

Case 1

You accidentally throw out a sheet of a patient's medical chart. The trash has already been taken away, so there is no chance for you to get it back. You are new in the office, and you are afraid of losing your job if you tell the provider what you have done. You remember the information that was on the sheet. You think you can easily rewrite it. What should you do?

Case 2

A former patient of the practitioner you work for palson ask you to send her medical records to her new provider. She says it is important that the records get to her new provider by this afternoon an ask you to fax them. Would you have a problem with this request? Why or why not?

Case 3

Dr. Buckwalter Receives laboratory results from a test performed on Willie Jones. He calls Mr. Jones at home on Monday, July 6th, at 10:00 o'clock AM he gets no answer, but he leaves a message on Mr. Jones's voicemail, asking him to call the office. By 10:00 o'clock the next morning, doctor Buckwalter has received no response from Mr. Jones. He calls again, reaches Mrs. Jones, and ask her to have her husband Call the office. Mr. Jones calls the doctor's office at 2:30 that afternoon. Doctor Smith discusses the test results with Mr. Jones an ask him to make an appointment for the following week. Mr. Jones is connected with the receptionist. He makes an appointment for 11:00 AM on July 12. As a medical assistant, how would you record the series of events in Mr. Jones's chart?