A patient calls to request an appointment for today because they have had a cold for over a week. The patient states that the only time they can come in is between 11am-2pm, because they need to leave for work at 3pm. You have two appointments, but not in the requested time frame. They are 2:15pm and 3pm. How would you handle the following scenario?
To handle this situation, the person should inform the patient that the appointment was available only in the time schedule of 2.15pm and 3 pm. Ask the patient whether it is possible to reach the work after consulting the doctor at 2.15pm. Otherwise, the patient can have the appointment on next day early. Still, the patient wants to meet the doctor the same day itself, then the person has to exchange with the other patient appointment who has least priority to see the doctor. Doctor's office has to call the concerned patient and to check whether it is acceptable in the change of appointment timing and to reschedule the appointment.
A patient calls to request an appointment for today because they have had a cold for...
1. You receive an appointment request from Ms. Ying through the patient portal. She is requesting an appointment time already filled by another patient. You contact Ms. Ying, and she informs you that when she requested the appointment, the time was available and she needs to be seen right away. How should you handle this situation?
You receive an appointment request from Ms. Ying through the patient portal. She is requesting an appointment time already filled by another patient. You contact Ms. Ying, and she informs you that when she requested the appointment, the time was available and she needs to be seen right away. How should you handle this situation? Write a paragraph explaining what you would do. After posting go back and review the various answers to see if any important information was omitted.1
Health Literacy and Patient Education Scenario Mr. Anderson, a 69-year-old patient, had an appointment last week with his primary care provider, a nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner reviewed his lab work with him and explained that his blood sugars were increased; he was diagnosed with diabetes. Several new medications were prescribed to Mr. Anderson, one of which was baby aspirin and another was a blood pressure medication called Lisinopril. Nurse Judy, the care coordinator, called Mr. Jones to see how...
You are a member of a QIT that was asked to evaluate the appointment/scheduling process. Are there some "assumptions" in the narrative that you question? If data were sufficient for a Pareto diagram of problems with the appointment/scheduling process, what do you think the items would be? Please list them. Case Study: The Carbondale Clinic, located in Carbondale, Illinois, is a large group practice of about 30 physicians. The clinic employs about I00 people and serves a regional population of...
miss grey comes to the office desk and signs in to see dr.health, whom she has been seeing for 15 years. as you begin to check her in, you realize that she actually schedule to see dr. health next week at the same time. she insists that this is completely ridiculous and that she has never in her mixed up an appointment. you ask to see her appointment card, but she is unable to produce it. miss grey become increasingly...
Instructions: For the following multiple-choice questions, circle the letter of the best answer. A patient calls on the phone because they are cleaning out their medicine cabinet at home and they have questions regarding some of the medications they found. 1. They found a tube of Canesten (clotrimazole) at home which has not expired. They are wondering what condition this treats. You tell them: a. Viral cold sores b. Bacterial infections c. Fungal rashes d. Gastrointestinal parasites 2. Side effects...
Mr. Cruz is a 34 year old Mexican man who went to the Emergency Department (ED) because of several days of upper respiratory track symptoms. A chest x-ray revealed a small lung nodule of unknown significance. He was felt to have a viral syndrome and was given an appointment to follow-up in the pulmonary clinic in 10 days for further evaluation of the nodule. After missing his initial and two rescheduled appointments, one of the nurses called him home to...
Case 6: Managed Care BACKGROUND Examining access to care takes on heightened importance as enrollment grows in Medicaid managed care programs. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, states can opt to expand Medicaid eligibility, and even states that have not expanded eligibility have seen increases in enrollment. Most states provide some of their Medicaid services—if not all of them—through managed care. The Office of Inspector General received a congressional request to evaluate the adequacy of access to care...
Description: This exercise is designed to help you think about collection strategies. People often have a difficult time asking each other for money and discussing financial matters. Practice will help ease the stress of this task especially should you obtain a job that requires that type of interaction. Instructions: Below are six-collection scenarios, give a written description of how you would handle these situations. Your description should be a minimum of 50 to 100 words for EACH scenario and be...
Case Scenario: Your patient has cardiovascular disease (CVD) and has been admitted with these vitals: BP 190/90, HR 100, RR 35. When asked about symptoms, the patient states, “I have a very bad headache and feel light headed.” History reveals he has had one heart attack three years ago. He is a pack a day smoker and often drinks more than one drink per day. When doing your morning assessment, you find a dime sized wound on his lower leg....