387-bed acute care hospital‚ with more than 900 physicians on staff‚ representing more than 80 medical and surgical specialties. They treat more than 18‚000 patients annually. Instead of purchasing an existing EHR system‚ they opted to create their own‚ AlexiCare‚ to assist with the handling and processes involving medical records and patient care. While Alexian has created their own electronic health record system‚ there are still departments that maintain paper records‚ such as the Emergency Room
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by these authorized personnel (AMA). The patient should be advised of computerized databases containing medical information about them prior to the physician releasing medical information about the patients to the entity or entities maintaining the databases (AMA). When this data becomes archaic or inaccurate the patient should be notified before and after the information has been purged (AMA). It is also important that the physicians computerized patient records and other computer service bureau
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This is not only easy for the patient but for the doctor’s office as well as the pharmacy staff. With e-prescribing the patient now only has to go to the pharmacy once to pick up the medication. The doctor’s office can make sure that the medication is covered by the patients insurance and best of all the pharmacy no long has to try and figure out doctor’s hand writing! The labs feature is very nice‚ everything just comes right into the program and the into the patient file and from there you can even
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Claim Processes When a patient contacts us and sets up their appointment we begin a billing process. There is the obtainment of information and signatures as well as the verification of coverage. We then need to enter the data into the electronic health record and set up the encounter forms. Once the visit is completed we take the step of filing the claim. We will enter as per the encounter form the charges based on services and diagnoses. Now we need to verify and confirm the information that we
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position where I can apply my clinical and administrative skills to provide excellent patient care. EMPLOYMENT 2000-2009 Kokomo Clinic of Urology Kokomo‚ IN MEDICAL ASSISTANT Performed nursing duties such as phlebotomy‚ injections‚ catheters‚ and wound care. Assisted with examinations‚ in-office procedures‚ and minor surgeries. Prepared patients for tests and treatments. Checked in patients‚ obtained vitals and medical history and input data into EMR. Collected
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messages off the office voice-mail. I faxed medical documents‚ such as prescriptions and correspondence letters. I called patients advising them of their insurance company conducting an audit for mammograms and colonoscopy testing. I’d filed and pulled charts‚ I did referrals‚ took patient’s weight and blood pressures. I did appointment verifications and made appointments for patients. I was able to view patient’s charts to better familiarize myself with medical terms and abbrievations. I inserted documents
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to pursue pathology actively as a career choice‚ providing the utmost quality of care to my community and those in need. I plan after successfully completing my pathology residency program to work in hospital where I have the opportunity to serve patients in underserved and rural areas‚ and be able to make a difference on a personal level
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Tackling biomedical engineering as my undergraduate degree has been a challenging and exciting experience. Though a rigorous endeavor‚ I am thankful for all it has offered and believe it has extensively prepared me for my future in medicine. My upper-level math courses have demanded a high level of critical thinking to understand abstract concepts‚ thinking I know will be useful when invoked to conceptualize in unconventional ways as a physician. The biomedical engineering curriculum I have undertaken
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six types of users: patients‚ admissions receptionists‚ floor nurses‚ medical technologists‚ physicians‚ and release receptionists. When a patient comes to the hospital‚ the patient and admissions receptionists use the system to perform a check-in procedure. Check-in procedures all involve the same steps‚ such as getting patient information‚ insurance‚ information‚ etc. Some check-ins are for inpatients; for these there are additional check-in steps for assigning the patient to a room and bed. The
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My patient is Jehovah ’s Witness and as his advocate I ’m going to help him to make the best health care decision due to his religion beliefs. As a healthcare provider for my patient its my responsibility to provide care that is in m patient best interest whether I agree or disagree. My patient is Jehovah ’s Witness and he does not believe in blood transfusion because of his religious beliefs. He was diagnosed with chronic leukemia that can cause him to lose his life if the transfusion is not done
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