A Medicare beneficiary can obtain patient information from:
a. the patient's physician.
b. the public health records.
c. the primary care physician.
d. the Medicare claims representative.
Question 2
Under what circumstances is it okay to disclose medical information to an ex-spouse of a patient?
a. If the medical service occurred prior to the divorce
b. If the patient has signed a current consent to release information that specifies the ex-spouse to receive the requested information
c. If the patient released information to the ex-spouse in the past
d. If both the patient and the ex-spouse are patients of the practice
Patient with a cerebrovascular accident.
Teaching patient discharge instructions
Patient's forearm supported in bed
Example of a patient’s ledger in practice management software.
Positioning the Patient in the Fowler’s Position
Simplified diagram of information flow (the central dogma) from DNA to RNA