1.One of the role of Medical assistant is to maintain and keep patients records confidentially.If a MA places a medical record in a most accessible area to a stranger or others (may in lobby,on the desk,outside their cabin area).In these type of situation either the patient itself or others can see the records and get to know the confidential matter.This is because of the negligent act of the medical assistant to place the record in proper place.
2.The medical assistant handling the entire data of the patient if shares the information to others for monetary gains or for other reasons without proper requests or jury order is considered to be medical malpractice
3.The healthcare providers when make a mistake in patient care ,they never comeup with the truth because they are the decision makers and the chief person to decide on treatment and well aware of how to be in a safer zone during any legal issues.This makes them to win the case than the patient. This is something a loss of time and reputation for a doctor without being sued.The one thing in future is that when the patients search for a doctor when they see the records of a doctor filed for a medical lawsuit creates an inner alert that this doctor is not genuine, trustworthy and can cause them harm ,naturally making them to select another doctor.In this state the doctor will have a financial loss by decrease in the number of patients.
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CHAPTER SIX WORKSHEET STUDY QUESTIONS: 1. Describe a situation that might place a medical assistant in...
Describe a situation that might cause a medical assistant to charged with medical malpractice. Apply them to your real life experiences, society or how you may act in that case. Please go in depth with response
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