Role
Ambulatory or Preventive Care
What is the patient is not admitted to the hospital?
Team members who complete a training program to earn certification
Who are MAs or PCTS?
knowledge of right and wrong
What are ethics?
US Dept of Health & Human Services enforces this law
What is HIPAA?
Patient-centered medical home
What is a model where one primary care provider coordinate all the patient's care?
Business and customer service tasks
What are administrative tasks?
Midlevel provider licensed by the board of medicine
Who are physician assistants?
Based on ethics, what we must do
What are laws?
Penalty for employees who do not protect patient privacy
What is fined and/or imprisoned?
Joint Commission
What is an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits organizations?
Getting approval from insurance company
What is preauthorization?
Administer meds and perform intravenous therapy
Who are registered nurses?
What are advance directives?
HITECH act protects what?
Informs the patient about diagnosis and treatment
What is licensed provider?
Taking Medical Histories
What is a clinical task?
Defined path of authority
What is the chain of command?
Requires facilities to provide patients with advance directive information
What is the Patient Self-Determination Act?
Protected health information (PHI)
Assign appropriate tasks to the MA
What is delegation?
Medical offices, urgent care clinics, specialty clinics...
What are examples of outpatient settings?
Strong moral principles and being honest
What is having integrity?
POLST
What are Physician's Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment?
What is the Patient Care Partnership?
Does not have a uniform scope of practice nationally
What is medical assistant?