Risk management in suspected acute appendicitis

✍ Scribed by Fink, Sidney ;Chaudhuri, Japan K.

• Book ID: 102353247
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2009
• Weight: 417 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0899-1073
• DOI: 10.1002/jhrm.5600110105

✦ Synopsis

should be recertified at appropriate intervals. rn With the physicians, the office staff should develop guidelines for prescription calls and refills, and should always record them with the date and time in the patient's chart.

Summary

Improved communications, procedures, administration, and system routines in a medical office are everyone's responsibility. It is an area in the overall treatment of the medical malpractice disease in which the entire office staff plays a critical part. The reward is that everyonethe patient, the physician, and the staff-benefits. Office staff can make a vital contribution to achieving a pleasant, efficient office where very few mistakes occur and preventable errors are eliminated.

Risk management in suspected acute appendicitis

The following article was written by Sidney Fink, M.D., nursing home medical director, and Tapan K . Chaudhuri, M.D., chief, nuclear medicine service, VA Medical Center (VAMC) Nursing Home, Hampton, VA.