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This tool focuses on how safe an older person feels at home. This tool should screen for abuse and neglect.
Older Adult Safety
Adults who have a family history of high cholesterol levels may need to be tested more regularly.
Cholesterol Screening
Recommended one-time screening for (AAA) with ultrasonography in male patients aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Risk factors include African American race, being overweight, family history, and previously recorded higher than normal
higher than normal Blood Pressure
Clinic coordinator
Medical administrative assistant
Clinical medical assistant
Medical records specialist
Medical billing specialist
Financial counselor
Scheduler
are considered what in healthcare?
support staff
Various tools can be used. Typically, questions asked are related to current and past nicotine usage. The focus is on whether tobacco products are used, which kind, how much per day, history of use, and quitting behaviors.
Nicotine or Tobacco Use
Annual screening for this cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is recommended for adults age 50 to 80 years who have a 20-pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years
Lung Cancer
A person who has risk factors should be tested. Risk factors include being born between 1945 and 1965; history of blood transfusions or organ transplant before 1992; use of injected illegal drugs; and chronic liver disease, HIV, or AIDS.
Hepatitis C
A Pap test is used to help identify this cancer. Recommendations include every 3 years from age 21 to 29 years. For patients age 30 to 65 years, recommend screening every 3 or 5 years if having a Pap test and a test for human papillomavirus (HPV).
Cervical Cancer
What are the benefits of when a patient feels that they are in partnership with their medical provider(s)?
Increased satisfaction with overall care
Fewer hospitalizations
Less testing
Fewer treatments
Health care costs decreased
Drinking in moderation means that female patients have no more than one drink a day and male patients have no more than two drinks per day. Drinking more than the recommended daily amount may lead to other health issues.
Alcohol Use
Patients who have an increased risk of eye disease should have a dilated eye exam. Risk factors include diabetes, African American race, age over 40 years, and family history of glaucoma.
Dilated Eye Examination
Clinicians should screen for HIV infection in adolescents and adults aged 15 to 65 years. Younger adolescents and older adults at increased risk of infection should also be screened.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
This is recommended starting at age 45 and can be done by performing a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) to detect blood in the stool or colonoscopy. If FOBT is positive, a colonoscopy will be recommended.
Colorectal Cancer
When does successful transitional care occur?
when there is appropriate coordination and continued quality in health care as a
patient moves from one care provider to another.
Lack of communication between providers regarding patient histories, medication therapies, and overall patient needs is directly associated with an increased risk of rehospitalizations, adverse clinical events, increased spending, and poor quality of care.
This screening covers domestic abuse for all genders. Intimate partner violence includes controlling behaviors, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional or verbal abuse.
Intimate Partner Violence
Blood glucose tests are recommended every 3 years for adults, or sooner, depending on medical history.
Diabetes
A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast to help identify cancer. The American Cancer Society recommends that screening starts at age 40.
Breast Cancer
What i key to achieving the full participation of patients and the families?
Communication
Tools focus on prescription medications used for nonmedical reasons and illegal substances. Medical assistants need to identify any history of or recent drug abuse. Common signs of substance use disorder include the following.
Poor hygiene
Change in eating habits or sleep patterns
Loss of interest in favorite things
Very energetic, talking fast, very sociable
Tired, sad, nervous, agitated, and bad moods
Missing school, work, or appointments
Spending money excessively
Slowed reaction time, paranoid thinking
Drug Use
Screening is recommended for osteoporosis with bone measurement testing to prevent osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal patients younger than 65 years at increased risk of osteoporosis, as determined by a formal clinical risk assessment tool.
Bone Density
List some common topics to educate patients on to promote a healthy lifestyle.
preventive wellness and screenings
cancer screenings
counseling on healthy eating
treating mental health issues
reducing alcohol use
What does the patient decide about their care?
how they receive treatment
what those treatments will be
the desired outcome
education and counseling to achieve these goals