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Risk Management Reference Guide - Chapter 4
Patient Care Issues
 
Patient care is what medicine is all about.  Following is a collection of articles to help members consider options for addressing challenges from medication management to communication.

Medication Records (PDF 95 KB)
Health History Questionnaire (PDF 84 KB)
Failure to Monitor Diagnostic Tests (PDF 86 KB)
Avoiding Drug Scams (PDF 94 KB)
Sample Medications (PDF 84 KB)
Risk Management for Telephone Health Care (PDF 84 KB)
Patient Advocacy (PDF 100 KB)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (PDF 107 KB)
Enhancing Health Care Quality Improvement Activities with Patient SAFE (PDF 98 KB)

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Chapter 1: Communication and Rapport
Chapter 2: Medical Records—Documentation and Release
Chapter 3: Medical-Legal Issues

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Chapter 5: Practice Management Issues
Chapter 6: Treatment of Minors
Chapter 7: Sample Forms and Letters

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