Medical Assistant, Phlebotomist, Administrative Assistant, Clerical, • My job duties consist of pt intake, vitals, and physical exams, administer vaccines, assist the doctor with any procedures, and medical records. Do a • My job duties consisted of doing patient intake, vitals, and small surgical procedures, wound care, X-rays, and administered medication. Documentation on pts charts and medication re-orders. Otero County Prison Otero, New Mexico 5/2008-9/2008 Medical Assistant / Phlebotomist • My job d conducted ultrasounds. I also took messages, scheduled • My job duties consist of patient intake, drawing labs and doing vital signs.
As a Care Assistant it is important that we make ourselves aware of exactly what the Residents preferences are before attending to them. That way we are able to carry out and provide the exact care the residents requires without having to personal questions which could make the Resident feel uncomfortable. Residents (Service Users) Rights Individuals are unique, and should never be treated as just a ‘patient’ or ‘service user’. Everyone is different and it is important that this is recognised within the Health & Social Care
Neglecting the safety and infection control can cause major problems in a healthcare facility so it is key that you go about the proper procedures and routine to keep everything safe and clean. Negligence is very important in the health field. As written many things can go wrong if negligence is not stressed and that is when professional liability falls into place. The phlebotomist has a professional liability, as do all other healthcare professionals. Professional liability is being legally responsible for actions, and ensuring "the standard of care" is followed (Finnegan, 2013).
And that this information is keep confidential and stored in the correct way, such as locked way and only made available to other staff, doctors and other professionals such as social workers. I make sure that I document any concerns or allegations I have to my manger or senior on shift and follow the concerns up in two days to make sure that it is being deal with. While maintaining they boundaries of professional at work and maintaining a high standard of conduct in and outside of the work area at all times. When at work I try to avoid favouritism of the people I care for and treat them all the same. 1.2 The care contributes of safeguarding or protection of the people in my care is to protect them from sexual, physical or emotional harm by main ting a safe environment where they feel safe and able to talk to myself or staff about anything they feel is not right or concerns them or their families have about the care being proved.
This is definitely unethical. When more than a minor medical issue arises, the ethical thing for the physician assistant to do is take the patient to a practical setting and take the normal course of actions (2013). Joe is breaking this by taking kits out of the practice area into his own home without consent of the physician or the facility as a whole. The guidelines go over the importance of not providing informal care, which is exactly what Joe is doing in this situation. He is not only informally treating and collecting specimen from his daughter, but he is also not documenting any of the treatments that he is doing.
* They have not taken reasonable care for their own or others safety. * You may need to take responsibilities for an individual’s health and safety if the person will not comply with a risk assessment procedure and you need to follow policies and procedures to deal with this. * We must follow care plan risk assessment and health and safety procedures at all times. 1.5 Explain why specific tasks should only be carried out with special training. Everyone who is working in health and social care should not carry out any of these tasks without special training.
The surgical technologist must not share this information with family, friends, or new media. Roles and Competencies 1) Graduation from an accredited program in surgical technology and 2) successful completion of the certification examination. 3 critical principles serve as the foundation for all role descriptions and competencies. 1) All surgical technologist should hold the certification appropriate to each role. 2) All surgical technologist should meet the educational competency, and legal requirements expected of all health care professionals.
HIPAA does not require a practice to purchase a computer-based system as it applies only to electronic medical transactions. HIPAA requires that all patients be able access their own medical records, correct errors or omissions, and be informed how personal information is shared used. Other provisions involve notification of privacy procedures to the patient. HIPAA provisions that have led in many cases to extensive overhauling with regard to medical records and billing systems” (April 2013). The HIPPA law was passed in 1996 to protect the privacy of the client.
This exchange allows patients to have access to their health information when needed. Some benefits of this HIE are patients are able to provide other providers with their health information, able to identify and correct wrong or missing health information, identify and correct incorrect billing information, and tracking and monitor their own health (HealthIT.gov). The state of Illinois offers four HIE systems: 1) ILHIE connect 2) ILHIE Direct 3) Integrated Direct 4) Public Health Reporting (2.illinios.gov). According to this website, The Illinois Health Information Exchange (ILHIE), a statewide, secure electronic network for sharing clinical and administrative data among health care providers in Illinois. ILHIE allows healthcare providers and professionals to exchange electronic health information in a secure environment, which helps prevent duplicate tests and procedures, and ensure the accuracy of prescriptions and other medical orders.
The training on HIPAA Online has helped me in knowing that as a medical professional, one has a responsibility of keeping all patients medical information with a high level of confidentiality. All of the professionals in the medical field are required to observe all the guidelines of HIPAA in that when one comes in constant with patients’ information, they are required to observe all the specific guidelines provided by HIPAA. If they failed to do their jobs, they could be highly penalized for their actions. As, a human services profession this Online HIPAA training enforce me to be aware of my requirement to maintain the highest degree confidentiality of the clients’ information. This is ethical because disclosing patients’ information to third parties is very wrong because it violates the patient’s privacy rights (Mamorsky,