In 1976, the California Supreme Court ruled in the case of Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California that a patient’s right to confidentiality “ends where the public peril begins.” It was decided that doctor-patient confidentiality could—and should—be broken if the doctor believes a patient will cause serious harm to another person. In his article entitled “A Defense of Unqualified Medical Confidentiality,” Kenneth Kipnis argues that doctor-patient confidentiality should always be kept, contrary to the findings of the Tarasoff case. He presents the fictionalized case of the infected spouse to clarify his argument. In this case, a husband learns from his doctor that he is HIV positive.…
The parents didn’t understand the doctor, therefore they was left with an assumption that they was trying to slowly kill their daughter. The communication between the doctors failed by…
ATTN: Ms. Harrison RE: Stanesha Petithomme I am writing this letter of recommendation at the request of Stanesha Petithomme, who is applying to run for student council here at Olympic High School. I have known Stanesha since her freshman year here at Olympic high school. Stanesha has been in numerous classes that I have covered over the last three years, and have showed me nothing less than the traits of a true scholar. With a 3.1 grade point average and enrolled in AP courses her academic intellect proves her capability to perform all task and duties of her desired position on student council.…
Describe the responsibility of the medical office specialist to protect all protected health information (PHI). When it comes to protecting patient information, it’s about getting employees to understand how to best protect it and what to do if there is a data breach. Training is essential and should include not only administrative employees, like medical office specialist, but also doctors, nurses, and other clinicians throughout the organization. All employees with access to patient information need to have the understanding of how to maintain security protocols when it comes to patient care. Many clinicians tend to look at PHI breaches as simply an IT issue.…
In this situation, Alex, a third year medical student, is bothered by the remarks that Dr. Tate, his attending, makes about his patients. He feels that the remarks are “distasteful” and “inappropriate”. As a result, he speaks to Meg, another student, about Dr. Tate’s remarks and she states to him that he shouldn’t be revealing what is happening at rounds because he’s also violating confidentiality by doing so. Should Alex report Dr. Tate?…
It was very nice to see you in the office the other day. You looked wonderful! Your boy is really handsome. :) I went through Chris Saitta's file.…
He said, she said can be a dangerous game. Sometimes even trying to find the facts can be difficult one. That’s why you should always seek out the truth, because you know if you dig you will get things done. That’s when you’re dealing with business you should always have everything and writing and you should do that because you don’t want any misguided talk.…
I do not know you on a personal level or any other level for that matter. However you believe that you know my family. My baby sister was Kathryn Steinle, you know the woman whose murder you are using to help further your campaign and prove opinions. I guess I am going to have to speak about her in the past tense now but you already know that don’t you?…
She began to go over the medical history that the patient had previously filled out. I noticed that when she was asking the patient for sensitive information such as birth control she made it clear that they ask everyone these questions and it would be kept confidently. She asked the patient these question in a confident and respectful manner. The senior student also highlighted any questions the patient answered “yes” to and inquired for further information. The records serve as a foundation for the evaluation process (Wilkins, 2013 p.101).…
Furthermore, her decision to abandon Doc represents her dream of wanting more in life as mentioned " Every day she'd walk a little further: a mile, come home. Two miles, and come home. One day she just kept on" (Capote 18). She may be clueless as to what her dreams are, but she knows that it is not in the life she has now.…
Dear Mrs. Lonsberry, I was wondering if on Quizlet, you forgot to upload section three and four of chapter twenty-five. In my vocab, I like to categorize the words by section and then alphabetically. I can not do that because I do not think the rest of the vocabulary is uploaded. If I sent you this email to late for you to respond, I am sorry. Thank you, Erica…
The consequences of a badly written note to a patient is very unprofessional. It is very important that you as a medical assistant know how to write a professional letter. The kind message sent to the patient can make the medical office look bad and we can lose credibility. Grammar is so critical to pay attention to when writing to a patient.…
Hello Felicia, Thank you for filing. I will be more than happy to take a look at this issue, but before I do I will need to see a screencast starting at the actual creation point. The attached recording doesn't start from the create point making it challenging to follow the steps taken leading to the errors. Thanks in advance.…
Dear Judge Khill, I wanted to write you a letter to inform you of how I am doing. To be honest in the beginning I did skip school to go hang out with friends, and my grades weren’t so good. I flunked my economic class. But currently I have been having clean Ua’s and been doing a lot better. I am working at walmart in Roeland Park.…
My assignment was to visit a community agency or clinic offering substance abuse counseling and discuss my findings. I spoke with June Mikels, MSW, LSW, LCAC an addictions counselor who has been in the field since 1985. After discussing her qualifications, I asked June what her focal point was and the population she primarily served? She stated, as a counselor, my primary focus is education and outpatient treatment programs for alcohol and drug abuse. And, the primary population I serve is persons with mental and substance abuse disorders and active duty military personnel” (June Mikels, personal communication, April 7, 2017).…