After speaking with a patient on the phone, the correspondence should be documented in the patient's chart.
All correspondence should be documented in the patient's chart after speaking with them.
a medical assistant should never code a patient as having what unless its is documented in medical record
Some states recognize a legal privilege as to communications between counselor and patient where psychotherapy is involved, but such a privilege probably would not apply to statements made in a group. If there's no privilege involved, the counselor is free to report the patient's statements to law enforcement if he sees fit to do so. However, the counselor is under no legal obligation to report the patient's statements to anyone. Your question, of course, is not what the counselor is legally allowed to do, but rather, what he or she should do. I think the decision must depend on the circumstances and that the counselor should put professional concerns in the forefront.
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It can be both objective or subjective. Should have known, vs. Did know
What level of knowledge should users of financial statements have?
The optional safe exam
This question is subjective.
Proper cool down after exercise is important in reducing the occurrence of painful muscle spasms. It has been documented that proper cool down also may decrease frequency and intensity of muscle stiffness the day.
This is an orthopedic testing maneuver that is usually performed in the cervical or thoracolumbar spine. It is a comparison of active ranges of motion to passive ranges of motion, wherein passive should be greater than equal. If the inverse is true it suggests that the patient is malingering. A malingerer is simply a patient whose objective findings do not match up with the subjective complaints.
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