Would you give the results to the patient? No as I am not qualified to release this information I would arrange with the patient to make an appointment and have the doctor discuss the results. Question 5 – A pharmaceutical sales rep has some medication samples to leave for the Dr. They need to be kept under 4°. How would you handle this situation?
Diana Riveiro UNIT 1 USE AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS THAT PROMOTE COMMUNICATION 1. From the answers given on worksheet 1.1 please outline how you support effective communication within your work role. In my current work role I communicate with a variety of people, from the clients, staff ,doctors, psychiatrist, advocates, just to name a few. The variety of methods varies also according to the person. If I speak to a professional such as a psychiatrist I tend to back up every conversation with an e-mail, but will also contact them by phone.
• Patient authority forms must be in written form to be valid • Must contain enough information to allow the patient to be identified correctly (e.g. date of birth, address) • Must indicate what information the health care facility is allowed to release and to whom it is to be released • Must be signed by the patient • Must be an original request (photocopies are not acceptable) • Must be current (authority should be less than three months old) Thankyou. Task 2 Using Word, you are required to write a report outlining the steps to follow when releasing confidential patient information to various sources. Instructions Commence your report with a short introduction on the importance of privacy and confidentiality of patient records. State your understanding of the important considerations when releasing information to the various groups who may request patient information from a health facility.
The care assistant may also hold the cup or glass for the service user as a precaution against spills or dropping the glass/ cup. This falls into the moving and handling principle. A(iv) As there is a care plan in place for the service user, the nurse on the day trip with the residents should know that service user C is a type two diabetic and should have the necessary tablets and medication that this service user needs. If the nurse did not read the care plan for this person and this scenario were to happen, this could prove to be dangerous and stressful. By following the care plan the nurse was able to know that she needed a sugary drink with her and that the service user had taken her tablets before the trip began.
In regards to the answer to the first question of the assignment, the HIPAA does not affect the patient’s access to their own medical records. The patient, with presentation of identification, should be able to obtain copies of their medical records, as well as request a correction to any errors on their records. Doctors or medical facilities should then provide access to the patient’s records within 30 days following the patients request and may charge the patient for copying and sending their records to them. If a patient has someone else, whether immediately related to them or not, pick such documents up from a doctor’s office, the patient must have provided a signed release of medical information to the doctor so that person can have access
As a senior carer it is important for me to communicate effectively because I am dealing with different types of people with different needs. Even if I am listening carefully in the handover I am not sure if I get it right and understand what she just said so what I did is I repeated it back to her just to clarify things and to avoid misunderstandings. I let the speaker finish first before interrupting and asking questions. Actually, even if we are doing handover/ oral reporting we are also writing it accurately and in detailed in every residents file and in the handover book for documentation purposes. I am also checking the medication chart just to make sure that
Once I have gotten the information I need from SPAN I would tell the patients that I am writing a research paper on nurses and drug addiction problems I would assure the person that I will not use his or her real name unless told otherwise, I will reassure them that what I am doing is to help the nurses who need help to show that it can be done. I will write up interviews that I have taken or that I have read about a nurse I will make charts about the nurses who have gotten help through the program and the ones who have not what their success rates were and how many of the nurses that have gotten help returned to
She complains of back pain. She has a history of Type II Diabetes, and hypertension. Her admitting doctor has asked that she has mid-stream urine test, a full blood count, electrolyte blood test, and blood cultures. You are on a morning shift. The consultant has been informed of Mrs. Jones’ admission.
2. In this case, how would you be able to correct your error and provide the missing documents to the patient while still protecting patient confidentiality under HIPAA? I would let the doctor know and ask how to handle the situation whether it be the doctor giving me the number to call or for him to call the patient himself. 3. Besides a HIPAA Patient Release of Information form, list 4 other items that are found in the medical record.
I’m will use a personal experience as an example to explain. A patient recently diagnosed with prostate cancer was noncompliant with taking his medications and refusing his treatment. The patient verbalized that the nurses were giving him the wrong medicines and he would only take certain medicines. He also stated that he wanted his medicine left at the bedside. After different nurses had went in and tried working with this patient I went in.